In Portugal, by contrast, the trade deficit amounted to only about one-third of exports in 2008, meaning that exports had to increase by one-third to close the external deficit, without reducing imports. Since then, Portugal has increased exports cumulatively by more than one-quarter, so that, despite a slight increase in imports since 2007, it runs a trade surplus.
相比之下，葡萄牙的贸易赤字仅相当于其2008年出口额的1/3，意味着在不削减进口的情况下，出口只需要增加1/3就能填补其外部赤字。自那以后，葡萄牙的出口额逐渐增加了超过1/4，因此虽然自2007年以来进口额稍微有所增加，但该国依然实现了贸易顺差。