In the fourth quarter (Q4) 2023, the total exports decreased by 1.8 per cent from BND4,537.1 million in Q4 2022 to BND4,457.4 million. This was due to the decrease in export unit value index by 16.0 per cent. Meanwhile exports volume index increases by 11.3 per cent. cent respectively.
The total imports in Q4 2023 decreased by 8.2 per cent to BND2,972.7 million. The decrease was due to declining in the imports unit value index by 5.5 per cent and whereas volume index increased by 4.1 per cent.