November 23 (SeeNews) - Bosnia's trade deficit for the first 10 months of 2007 rose to 6.464 billion marka ($4.970 billion/3.288 billion euro) from 4.928 billion marka a year earlier, as imports rose faster than exports, the Bosnian Statistics Agency said on Friday.
Exports through October rose by 15.5% year-on-year to 4.945 billion marka, while imports increased by 23.9% to 11.409 billion marka, the statistics office said in a statement posted on its website.
Bosnia merchandise trade (in millions of Bosnian marka):
|
|
10-Mo '07 |
y/y pct change |
| Turnover |
16,354.3 |
+21.2 |
| Exports |
4,945.3 |
+15.5 |
| Imports |
11,409.1 |
+23.9 |
| Deficit |
6,463.8 |
+31.2 |
Bosnia, which has been divided into a Serb Republic and a Muslim-Croat Federation since the 1992-1995 war, imported mainly food and oil products and exported aluminium, raw steel and furniture.
(1 euro = 1.95583 Bosnian marka)