May 23 (SeeNews) - The trade deficit of Bosnia's Federation increased by 21.7% year-on-year to 1.96 billion marka ($1.1 billion/1 billion euro) in the first four months of 2019, the entity's statistical office said.
Exports edged down 1.6% to 2.47 billion marka, while imports rose 7.3% to 4.4 billion marka, the Federation's statistical office said in a statement earlier this week.
Details on Bosnia's trade balance follow (in billions of Bosnian marka):
|
Jan-April'18 |
Jan-April'19 |
Export |
2.51 |
2.47 |
Import |
4.1 |
4.4 |
Trade deficit |
1.61 |
1.96 |
The Federation is one of two autonomous entities forming Bosnia and Herzegovina. The other one is the Serb Republic.