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Andorra's Statistics Department reports a 2.0% year-on-year decline in import unit prices and a 16.3% rise

in exports for September 2025, with mixed monthly trends across categories.

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Key Points

  • Imports fell 2.0% YoY, exports rose 16.3%; monthly: imports +5.6%, exports -6.7%
  • Consumer goods -4.1% YoY, capital -1.0%, intermediates +1.4%
  • Steepest import drops: oils/fats -25.1%, machinery/transport -7.6%
  • Imports declined from most origins except Spain (+4.2%)

Andorra's import unit prices fell 2.0% year-on-year in September 2025, while export prices rose 16.3% over the same period, the Statistics Department reported in its latest Unit Value Index for Foreign Trade (IVU).

Month-to-month, imports increased 5.6% from August, while exports dropped 6.7%. By use category, annual declines hit consumer goods at 4.1% and capital goods at 1.0%, though intermediate goods gained 1.4%. Most sources align on these figures, but one report cited a 2.8% rise for intermediate goods. Monthly, all categories rose, with capital goods leading at 18.2%.

Under the Unified International Trade Classification (CUCI), import price drops were steepest for "Oils, fats and waxes of animal and vegetable origin," down 25.1%, and "Machinery and transport equipment," off 7.6% from a year earlier. Offsetting gains came in "Manufactured articles classified chiefly by raw material," up 9.0%, and "Food and live animals," which climbed 8.4%.

By geographic origin, import prices declined across most areas except Spain, where they rose 4.2%. Goods from France fell 2.7%, those from the rest of the EU plus Great Britain dropped 14.6%, and the rest of the world decreased 6.6%.

The IVU, derived from customs data, calculates unit values by dividing goods' economic value by their weight in kilograms. The Statistics Department notes that fluctuations may stem from changes in prices, volumes, or product characteristics, not solely price shifts.

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