August 19 (SeeNews) - Bulgaria's current account was in surplus of 1.75 billion euro ($1.94 billion) in January-June, compared to a deficit of 266.3 million euro in the like period of 2018, the central bank said on Monday.
The current account surplus in the first six months was equivalent to 3% of Bulgaria's expected 2019 gross domestic product (GDP), the Bulgarian National Bank (BNB) said in a monthly balance of payments report.
In June alone, Bulgaria's current account was in surplus of 880.3 million euro, which compares to a deficit of 341.9 million euro in June 2018.
Details follow (in millions of euro):
|
Jan-June'19 |
Jan-June'18 |
CURRENT ACCOUNT |
1758.6 |
-266.3 |
-Goods and services (net) |
686.9 |
-283.6 |
--goods |
-539.5 |
-1333.8 |
--services |
1226.4 |
1050.2 |
- Primary income |
-129.1 |
-389.5 |
- Secondary income |
1200.8 |
939.4 |
CAPITAL ACCOUNT |
460.9 |
194.6 |
FINANCIAL ACCOUNT |
746.4 |
1294.9 |
source: BNB
($ = 0.90075 euro)