July 19 (SeeNews) - Bulgaria's current account was in deficit of 106.3 million euro ($125.2 million) in the January-May period, compared to a surplus of 318.4 million euro in the same period of last year, the central bank said on Monday.
The current account deficit in the five months through May was equivalent to 0.2% of the gross domestic product (GDP) projected for 2021, the Bulgarian National Bank (BNB) said in a statement.
The surplus in the first five months of 2020 was equivalent to 0.5% of last year's GDP.
Details follow (in mln euro):
|
Jan-May 2021 |
Jan-May 2020 |
CURRENT ACCOUNT |
-106.3 |
318.4 |
- goods and services (net) |
116.5 |
694.8 |
--goods |
-915.1 |
-446.6 |
--services |
1,031.5 |
1,141.4 |
- primary income |
-689.1 |
-843.8 |
- secondary income |
466.3 |
467.5 |
CAPITAL ACCOUNT |
505.6 |
370.5 |
FINANCIAL ACCOUNT |
1,753.5 |
1,076.5 |
source: BNB