{"id":194306,"date":"2026-09-13T16:30:40","date_gmt":"2026-09-13T13:30:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lamaisonestates.com\/?p=194306"},"modified":"2026-09-13T16:30:40","modified_gmt":"2026-09-13T13:30:40","slug":"import-surge-drives-cyprus-trade-deficit-to-e5-62-billion-over-seven-months","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lamaisonestates.com\/ru\/import-surge-drives-cyprus-trade-deficit-to-e5-62-billion-over-seven-months\/","title":{"rendered":"Import Surge Drives Cyprus Trade Deficit to \u20ac5.62 Billion Over Seven Months"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-path-to-node=\"2\">Cyprus saw its trade deficit expand by \u20ac821 million during the first seven months of 2026, driven by a sharp uptick in imports that outpaced export growth. According to preliminary data published by the Statistical Service of Cyprus, the island\u2019s trade gap reached \u20ac5,620.1 million between January and July 2026, up from \u20ac4,798.9 million recorded over the same period in 2025.<\/p>\n<h3 data-path-to-node=\"4\">Trade Balance Overview (January \u2013 July 2026)<\/h3>\n<table data-path-to-node=\"5\">\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Trade Indicator<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Jan\u2013Jul 2025<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Jan\u2013Jul 2026<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Change<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><span data-path-to-node=\"5,1,0,0\"><b data-path-to-node=\"5,1,0,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\">Total Imports<\/b><\/span><\/td>\n<td><span data-path-to-node=\"5,1,1,0\">\u20ac8,016.2 million<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span data-path-to-node=\"5,1,2,0\">\u20ac8,928.7 million<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span data-path-to-node=\"5,1,3,0\"><b data-path-to-node=\"5,1,3,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\">+11.4%<\/b><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span data-path-to-node=\"5,2,0,0\"><b data-path-to-node=\"5,2,0,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\">Total Exports<\/b><\/span><\/td>\n<td><span data-path-to-node=\"5,2,1,0\">\u20ac3,217.3 million<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span data-path-to-node=\"5,2,2,0\">\u20ac3,308.6 million<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span data-path-to-node=\"5,2,3,0\"><b data-path-to-node=\"5,2,3,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\">+2.8%<\/b><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span data-path-to-node=\"5,3,0,0\"><b data-path-to-node=\"5,3,0,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\">Trade Deficit<\/b><\/span><\/td>\n<td><span data-path-to-node=\"5,3,1,0\">\u20ac4,798.9 million<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span data-path-to-node=\"5,3,2,0\">\u20ac5,620.1 million<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span data-path-to-node=\"5,3,3,0\"><b data-path-to-node=\"5,3,3,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\">+\u20ac821.0 million<\/b><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h3 data-path-to-node=\"7\">July 2026 Monthly Trade Breakdown<\/h3>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"8\">Imports for July alone reached \u20ac1,609.4 million (a 22.8% year-on-year increase from \u20ac1,310.9 million in July 2025), fueled in part by \u20ac136.1 million in vessel ownership transfers (up from \u20ac23.4 million in July 2025).<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"9\">Total July exports also grew by 17.6% year-on-year to \u20ac666.8 million (up from \u20ac567.1 million), despite ship transfers falling to \u20ac35.3 million from \u20ac89.9 million in July 2025.<\/p>\n<ul data-path-to-node=\"10\">\n<li>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"10,0,0\"><b data-path-to-node=\"10,0,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\">EU Trade:<\/b> Imports from EU member states rose to \u20ac787.8 million (up from \u20ac745.7 million), while exports to EU nations dropped to \u20ac127.8 million (down from \u20ac173.5 million).<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"10,1,0\"><b data-path-to-node=\"10,1,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\">Non-EU (Third Country) Trade:<\/b> Imports from third countries climbed to \u20ac821.6 million (up from \u20ac565.2 million), while exports to non-EU destinations grew to \u20ac539.0 million (up from \u20ac393.6 million).<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 data-path-to-node=\"12\">Key Export Categories and June Final Figures<\/h3>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"13\">Finalized figures for June 2026 place total imports at \u20ac1,311.8 million (+13.9% YoY). Domestic exports fell 31.6% YoY to \u20ac238.0 million, whereas re-exports of foreign products surged 35.3% to \u20ac225.2 million.<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"14\">During the first half of 2026 (January\u2013June), the primary drivers of domestic exports (excluding ship and aircraft stores) were:<\/p>\n<ul data-path-to-node=\"15\">\n<li>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"15,0,0\"><b data-path-to-node=\"15,0,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\">Mineral Fuels &amp; Oils:<\/b> \u20ac858.7 million<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"15,1,0\"><b data-path-to-node=\"15,1,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\">Halloumi Cheese:<\/b> \u20ac201.9 million<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"15,2,0\"><b data-path-to-node=\"15,2,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\">Pharmaceutical Products:<\/b> \u20ac179.8 million<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Source: Stockwatch.com.cy<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cyprus saw its trade deficit expand by \u20ac821 million during the first seven months of 2026, driven by a sharp uptick in imports that outpaced export growth. According to preliminary data published by the Statistical Service of Cyprus, the island\u2019s trade gap reached \u20ac5,620.1 million between January and July 2026, up from \u20ac4,798.9 million recorded [&hellip;]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":194307,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lamaisonestates.com\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/194306"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lamaisonestates.com\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lamaisonestates.com\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lamaisonestates.com\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lamaisonestates.com\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=194306"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/lamaisonestates.com\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/194306\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":194309,"href":"https:\/\/lamaisonestates.com\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/194306\/revisions\/194309"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lamaisonestates.com\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/194307"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lamaisonestates.com\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=194306"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lamaisonestates.com\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=194306"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lamaisonestates.com\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=194306"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}