The total production of industrial enterprises in 2021 was 6.4% bigger than the year before, data from Statistics Estonia showed. Of the three main industrial sectors, production increased by 19.2% in energy production and by 6.4% in manufacturing, but decreased by 15.7% in mining. The coronavirus crisis, which began in 2020, disrupted the regular production…
Ferry ticket prices between the mainland and the islands of Saaremaa and Hiiumaa will rise from March 1 in a move, which a local government leader said was made over the heads of authorities and businesses on the islands. The price rises do not apply to island residents. “Understandably, price increases are difficult, but given…
Tallink Grupp has announced that its Tallinn-Helsinki route cruise vessel Silja Europa will remain suspended from the route until April 1. During the suspension the vessel will undergo technical repairs before returning to the route and the company’s management has also decided to bring forward the vessel’s technical dry-docking, originally planned for 2023, to carry…
The total turnover of retail trade enterprises in 2021 was EUR 8.9 billion. Compared to 2020, turnover increased by 12% at constant prices. Johanna Linda Pihlak, analyst at Statistics Estonia, said that in 2021 turnover increased in grocery stores and stores selling manufactured goods as well as in enterprises engaged in the retail sale of…
In Estonia, the construction price index grew by 14.7% from the fourth quarter of 2020 to the respective period of 2021, while in 2021 as whole, compared to the average level of 2020, it increased at a slower pace, by 3%, official statistics showed. Statistics Estonia wrote in a press release earlier in January that…
It will take at least two years and EUR 16 million to fix the security gaps along the Narva River, the Police and Boarder Guard Board (PPA) has said. Part of the Estonian-Russian border runs along the Narva River and there is a lack of surveillance equipment and border guards cannot react quickly enough to…
The average price of Estonia’s electricity in the Nord Pool area on January 26 was EUR 165.10 per megawatt-hour – over EUR 100 more than on the same day a year ago. Electricity was the cheapest in the morning between 3 a.m. and 4 a.m. costing EUR 88.65 and the most expensive between 9 a.m.…