Gross domestic product in the first quarter of this year grew by 3.9 percent, according to the State Statistical Office.
Growth was recorded in several sectors. It rose by 13.7 percent in construction, by 4.7 percent in financial intermediation, activities related to real estate, renting and business activities, other community, social and personal service activities and by 3.3 percent in wholesale and retail trade, motor vehicles repair, motorcycles and personal and household goods.
Final consumption of households including non-profit institutions serving households, in the first quarter of 2014 is growing by 2.3 percent in nominal terms, and its share in the structure of gross domestic product amounted to 81.4 percent.
In this period, exports of goods and services increased nominally by 14.3 percent, and imports of goods and services increased in nominal terms by 9.8 percent.
