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28.12.2007
Compared to October, in November of this year, according retail trade turnover has increased by 1.6%.
21.12.2007
Compared to October, producer prices in Latvian industry in November 2007 decreased by 0.1%. Compared to November 2006 producer prices have increased by 14.0%.
19.12.2007
The highest rate of visitors were from Germany – 16.9%, Lithuania – 11.0%, Finland – 8.6%, Estonia – 8.3%, Russia – 6.5%, Sweden – 6,2%, Great Britain – 5,7% and Norway – 5,7%.
18.12.2007
Non-financial investment in Latvia in the nine months of 2007 was 1763.2 mln lats, an increase of 14% on the nine months of 2006.
14.12.2007
In the 3rd quarter of 2007 the average hourly labour costs in the country were 3.41 lats per hour, or an increase of 6.5% compared to the 2nd quarter. In the public sector hourly labour costs in the 3rd quarter of this year have increased by 11.1%, but in the private sector – by 5.2%, compared to the 2nd quarter.
12.12.2007
At the end of the year the number of population of Latvia will be approximately 2 million 270 thousand, or less by 11.6 thousand persons than at the beginning of the year.
10.12.2007
The price increase of bread and cereal products, vegetables, meat and meat products, milk, cheese, eggs and fuel had the greatest impact on consumer price changes.
10.12.2007
The total foreign trade turnover in October 2007 was 15.8% or 144.5 mln lats higher than in the corresponding period of the previous year and its value was as high as 1057.4 mln lats.
07.12.2007
Compared to the corresponding period of previous year, in the 3rd quarter of this year the GDP has increased by 10.9%.
06.12.2007
Compared to September 2007, industrial production output in October 2007 has decreased by 1.7%.
