June 11 (SeeNews) - Bulgaria's trade deficit decreased to 1.95 billion levs ($1.09 billion/994 million euro) in the first four months of 2019, from 2.6 billion levs in the like period a year earlier, the country’s statistical office, NSI, said on Tuesday.
Exports (FOB) increased 9.5% year-on-year in the period under review, reaching 18.6 billion levs, while imports (CIF) rose 4.6% to 20.6 billion levs, NSI said in a statement.
In April alone, Bulgaria's exports grew 6.1% on the year to 4.4 billion levs, while imports edged up 0.2% to 4.9 billion levs.
Details follow (in millions of levs):
|
Jan-April 2019 |
Jan-April 2018 |
April 2019 |
April 2018 |
Exports (FOB) |
18663.9 |
17040.0 |
4496.7 |
4236.2 |
Imports (CIF) |
20608.9 |
19708.7 |
4978.0 |
4965.7 |
Balance |
-1945.0 |
-2668.7 |
-481.3 |
-729.5 |
source: NSI
(1 euro = 1.95583 levs)