TIRANA (Albania), June 11 (SeeNews) – Albania's current account was in deficit of 243.3 million euro ($410.8 million) in the first quarter of 2019, compared to a shortfall of 172.1 million euro in the like period of last year, the central bank said.
On a quarterly comparison basis, Albania's current account gap narrowed 33.1% in January-March 2019, Bank of Albania said in a quarterly balance of payments report on Monday.
Details follow (in millions of euro):
|
Q1'19 |
Q4'18 |
Q1'18 |
CURRENT ACCOUNT BALANCE |
-243.3 |
-363.6 |
-172.1 |
- Goods |
-694.4 |
-831.1 |
-614.7 |
- Services |
288.8 |
214.7 |
254.5 |
- Primary income |
-28.9 |
14.6 |
-14.8 |
- Secondary income |
191.2 |
238.3 |
202.8 |
CAPITAL ACCOUNT BALANCE |
17.5 |
41.6 |
18.3 |
FINANCIAL ACCOUNT BALANCE |
-288.6 |
-541.2 |
-146.9 |
($=0.88410 euro)