The trade balance compares the value of exports with that of imports.

This indicator helps analyze the dynamics of foreign trade related to Puerto Rico.

How much does Puerto Rico export and import, and what impact do tariffs have on our economy?

Dr. Ronald G. Hernández Maldonado, Statistical Projects Manager at the Puerto Rico Institute of Statistics, joined the Desde el Observatorio podcast to discuss the key findings from the 2025 Foreign Trade Report and the 2025 Tariff Report.

During the interview, he explains how this data helps us better understand foreign trade trends, the impact of tariffs, and their potential consequences for Puerto Rico.

We invite you to watch the interview and see what the data reveals.

Access it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AsAtZT_CSbs&t=549s.

A new study has been added to our Library.

The article “Extreme Weather Events and Pandemic Threats: Analyzing the Health Impacts of Multiple Disaster Events in Puerto Rico” has been added to our Virtual Library of Scientific Articles.

Access the article via the following link: https://www.estadisticas.pr.gov/en-us/productos/extreme-weather-events-and-pandemic-threats-analyzing-the-health-impacts-of-multiple-disaster-events-in-puerto-rico.

Tariffs paid in Puerto Rico quadrupled in just one year. But what does this mean for our wallets?

In this episode of Analysis and Perspective, a production of the Puerto Rico Society of Certified Public Accountants Foundation, Dr. Ronald G. Hernández Maldonado, Statistical Projects Manager at the Puerto Rico Institute of Statistics, explains how the increase in tariffs can affect prices and the cost of living for consumers.

Discover what the data reveals and how this issue impacts our economic reality.

Watch the full interview here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-fn_DQfMZw&t=2s.

To direct the Senate of Puerto Rico’s Committees on Family, Women, the Elderly, and Persons with Functional Diversity and Disabilities; and on Health to conduct an investigation into the abandonment of elderly individuals in hospitals, the number of cases, the most affected areas or municipalities, the reasons for this, and its impact on the hospital industry, as well as to provide potential alternatives and protocols that should be implemented to eliminate this practice; and for other related purposes.

On Friday, August 7, staff from the Institute of Statistics held a workshop as part of the Centro de Periodismo Investigativo professional training series. Focusing on how to identify data related to the Puerto Rican diaspora, Dr. Ronald Hernández Maldonado, Lanselotte Oliveras Vega and Alberto L. Velázquez Estrada shared information on available sources and tools. Specifically, the session covered topics such as census data sources and their differences, community vulnerability estimates, custom tabulations using the U.S. Census Bureau's MDAT tool, and the cost-of-living index and its calculator for metropolitan areas in Puerto Rico and the United States.