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Slovakia Imports

Slovakia Imports

Imports in Slovakia

Slovakia recorded an average growth rate of 4.2% in imports over the decade to 2022, above the Euro Area's average of 4.0%. In 2022, Slovakia's imports growth was 4.2%. For more imports information, visit our dedicated page.

Slovakia Imports Chart

Note: This chart displays Imports (G&S, ann. var. %) for Slovakia from 2014 to 2023.
Source: Macrobond.

Slovakia Imports Data

2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Imports (G&S, ann. var. %) 2.2 -8.1 11.7 4.3 -7.6

GDP growth hits highest rate in two years in Q1

A second national accounts release confirmed that the economy surged in the first quarter, expanding 2.7% year on year (Q4 2023: +2.2% yoy). The reading marked the fastest growth since Q1 2022 and was among the strongest in the Euro area. On a seasonally adjusted quarter-on-quarter basis, economic growth sped up to 0.7% in Q1 compared to the previous quarter's 0.6%, marking the strongest increase since Q2 2023. That said, the result fell short of the preliminary estimate of 0.9%.

Domestically, the annual upturn chiefly reflected a rebound in private spending, which rose 3.6% year on year in the first quarter (Q4 2023: -3.0% yoy) and marked the best reading since Q4 2022. Inflation halved in the three months to March, supporting household budgets. In addition, public expenditure hit a near three-year high of 6.5% in the first quarter, up from the fourth quarter's 1.7%. That said, fixed investment growth fell to 1.7% in Q1 (Q4 2023: +13.1% yoy), marking the worst result since Q2 2022. On the external front, exports of goods and services bounced back, posting a 1.8% increase on an annual basis in the first quarter, which was above the fourth quarter's 1.3% contraction. In addition, imports of goods and services rebounded, growing 2.9% in Q1 (Q4 2023: -6.1% yoy) and marking the best reading since Q4 2022. As a result, net trade added to overall growth in January–March.

Our panel expects the economy to be losing steam in the second quarter. That said, our Consensus is for growth to accelerate in 2024 as a whole from 2023, approaching the prior decade’s average of 2.4%. Receding price pressures, continued nominal wage growth and monetary policy easing should drive a rebound in private spending. This, paired with recovering exports and stronger public spending growth, will support the economy this year.

Marian Kocis, analyst at Erste Bank, commented: “The Slovak economy has started the new year with relatively strong momentum. After a year-long decline in household consumption, there seems to be a revival in this most important component of economic performance. Additionally, this year should see a continued positive impulse from the drawdown of European funds, especially the Recovery Plan. A visible rebound of foreign trade will come hand-in-hand with the rising activity in the most important trade economies, especially Germany, which we expect in the second half of the year.”

Consensus Forecasts and Projections for the next ten years

How should you choose a forecaster if some are too optimistic while others are too pessimistic? FocusEconomics collects Slovak imports projections for the next ten years from a panel of 13 analysts at the leading national, regional and global forecast institutions. These projections are then validated by our in-house team of economists and data analysts and averaged to provide one Consensus Forecast you can rely on for each indicator. By averaging all forecasts, upside and downside forecasting errors tend to cancel each other out, leading to the most reliable imports forecast available for Slovak imports.

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