The current account surplus in the January-November period was equivalent to 4.8% of the estimated 2018 gross domestic product (GDP), the Bulgarian National Bank (BNB) said in a monthly balance of payments report.
In November 2018, Bulgaria current account was in surplus of 58.6 million euro, compared to a deficit of 26.1 million euro in November 2017.
Details follow (in millions of euro):
Jan-Nov '18 | Jan-Nov '17 | |
CURRENT ACCOUNT | 2657.1 | 3650.1 |
- Goods and services (net) | 1211.9 | 2364.3 |
-- goods (net) | -1998.3 | -371.3 |
-- services (net) | 3210.3 | 2735.6 |
- Primary income (net) | -375.9 | -447.4 |
- Secondary income (net) | 1821.1 | 1733.2 |
CAPITAL ACCOUNT | 600.1 | 431.1 |
FINANCIAL ACCOUNT | 2602.3 | 1,685.5 |
($ = 0.8771 euro)