April Trade Gap Down 20% Year-on-Year
Slovenia exported in April EUR 1.83bn worth of goods, while the imports amounted to EUR 1.99bn. The trade gap amounted to EUR 163.3m, which was some 20% less than the month before, the Statistics Office said on Monday.
Imports in April went up by 15.7% year-on-year, while exports increased by 18.1%, according to a preliminary report. The export-import ratio went up from 89.2% to 91.8%.
In the first four months of 2008, exports went up by 9.2% to EUR 6.84bn, while imports increased by 12.5% to EUR 7.62bn, compared to the same period last year.
The export-import ratio amounted to 89.7% for the first third of the year, with the gap topping EUR 784.3m.
Slovenia imported from January to April over EUR 6bn worth of goods from EU members, almost 12% up year-on-year. Imports from other countries increased by 14.7% to EUR 1.61bn.
Meanwhile, Slovenia exported EUR 4.85bn of goods to EU members in the first four months of 2008, and almost EUR 2bn to other countries.
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