Compared with the first quarter of 2020, first-quarter GDP in 2021 decreased 0.2% in unadjusted data but remained unchanged in real terms.
The negative evolution in the first quarter of 2021 as compared with the same period in 2020 was mainly due to net export (-2.6%) being influenced by the increase of imports of goods and services volume, by 5.4%, in correlation with the increase of the volume of exports of goods and service, by only 0.6%.
Significant positive contribution to the GDP growth had the final consumption expenditure of households, whose volume increased by 0.8% contributing 0.5 to the GDP growth rate; the gross fixed capital formation (investments), whose volume increased by 9.9% contributing 1.7 to the GDP growth rate.
The following industries contributed to the GDP decrease in the first quarter of 2021 as against the first quarter of 2020: real estate (-o.1%), with a share of 8.2% in GDP, whose activity volume decreased by 1.3%; professional, scientific and technical activities; activities of administrative services and support services (-0.7%), with a share in GDP of 6.6%, which recorded a decrease in activity volume by 9.7%; shows, culture and recreation activities; repair of households goods and other services (-0.5%), with a share of 2.8% in GDP, whose activity volume decreased by 16.4%; net taxes on products (-0.2%), with a share in GDP of 9.7%, which recorded a decrease in their volume by 1.9%.
Positive contributions were recorded for: industry (+0.4%), with a share in GDP of 18.8%, which recorded an increase in activity volume by 2.2%; wholesale and retail; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles; transport and storage; hotels and restaurants (+0.1%), with a share in GDP of 20.3%, which recorded an increase in activity volume by 0.4%; information and communication (+0.8%), with a share in GDP of 8.0%, which recorded an increase in activity volume by 10.6%.