Physical Trade Balance
Scope
Circular economy
Action line
Production and consumption
Type of indicator (global, European, national)
National
Correlation with other sets of indicators
Description
Physical imports and exports encompass all imported or exported goods, in mass units. The exchanged goods include goods in all stages of transformation, from base products to finished goods.
Calculation method
The Physical Trade Balance (PTB) for year \(t\) es calculated as:
$$\textit{PTB}^{t}=\textit{Imports}^{t}-\textit{Exports}^{t}$$
Unit of measure
Millions of tonnes
Source
Periodicity
Annual
Disaggregated data(Gender, age, region in Spain, other)
Types of material
Come from National Statistics Plan (YES/NO)
Yes
Statistical operation
Material flow accounts (ISO code: 30086)
Responsible institution
Link to Eurostat metadata
Date of the last metadata update
05/06/2024
Observations