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Estonia's economy contracted by 0.3% year-on-year in the first quarter of 2025, reversing a 1.2% expansion in the previous period. Private consumption declined by 0.6%, following a 1.3% increase in Q4 2024, while fixed investments fell slightly (-0.1%), easing from a sharp 10.3% drop in the prior quarter. Notably, government investment surged by 20.6%. Net external demand weighed on GDP, as exports grew by 5.4% (up from 2.9% in Q4), but were outpaced by a 5.8% rise in imports (up from 4.8%). However, government spending increased by 1.7%, after a 1.1% contraction in the previous quarter. On the production side, most sectors dragged on economic activity, led by energy (-22.4%), agriculture (-17.8%), and transport (-10.3%). The trade and financial sectors also declined by 3.3% and 1.6%, respectively. On a seasonally adjusted quarterly basis, GDP shrank by 0.3% in Q1, following a downwardly revised 0.2% growth in Q4 2024, marking the first quarterly contraction in five quarters.