Exports reached a value of 46,224 million dollars, with an annual decrease of 2.9%, derived from the falls of 0.2% in non-oil exports and 32.8% in oil exports.
At a monthly rate, the decrease in exports was 2.17%, with a 2.35% decrease in non-oil exports and an increase of 1.07% in oil exports.
Imports, for their part, reached a value of 47,733 million dollars in April, a figure that represents an annual decline of 3.3%. This was the result of a 27.5% reduction in oil imports and a 0.1% rise in non-oil imports.
In addition, an annual drop of 6.3% was observed in imports of intermediate use goods, an advance of 2.8% in imports of consumer goods and 17.3% in those of capital goods.
At a monthly rate, total imports showed an increase of 3.46%, the net result of a 4.32% rise in non-oil imports and a 3.80% reduction in oil imports.
By type of good, there were monthly increases of 2.32% in imports of consumer goods, 3.44% in intermediate use goods and 5.45% in capital goods.