This rise is mainly due to the increase in unit values of "energy and lubricants" by 62.1%, "semi-finished products" by 36.8%,  "food, beverages and tobacco" by 28.4%, "finished consumer products" by 13.2%, "raw products of mineral origin" by 65.9% and "finished industrial equipment" by 8.3% and, stressed the HCP in a note on the indices of foreign trade.

For its part, the index of export unit values recorded an increase of 25.2% during the Q1-2022 compared to the corresponding quarter of the previous year, added the HCP, which attributed this rise, mainly to the increase in unit values of "semi-finished products" (90.6%), "raw products of mineral origin" (55%), "raw products of animal and vegetable origin" (51.9%) and "finished consumer products" (6%).

This index also increased in "food, beverages and tobacco" by 1.5% and in "finished agricultural equipment" by 3.8%.