Bosnia's Jan-Oct Trade Gap Widens 26.1% Y/Y to 4.168 Bln Euro - Table

Exports rose by 15.9% year-on-year to 5.729 billion marka in the first 10 months of 2008, while imports increased by 21.7% to 13.880 billion marka, the statistics office said in a statement posted on its website (www.bhas.ba).

Bosnia trade balance (in millions of Bosnian marka):

Bosnia, divided into a Serb Republic and a Muslim-Croat Federation since the 1992-95 war, imported mainly food and oil products and exported aluminium, raw steel and furniture in the first 10 months of 2008.

(1 euro = 1.95583 Bosnian marka)