Exports FOB rose by 1.5% year-on-year, reaching 51.1 billion levs in the January-November period, while imports CIF grew by 7.7% to 58.1 billion levs, NSI said in a statement.
In November alone, Bulgaria's exports increased 2.2% to 5.0 billion levs, while imports grew 3.6% to 5.7 billion levs.
Details follow (in millions of levs):
Jan-Nov'18 | Jan-Nov'17 | Nov'18 | Nov'17 | |
Exports (FOB) | 51,118.7 | 50,339.7 | 5,062.0 | 4,953.1 |
Imports (CIF) | 58,059.2 | 53,895.5 | 5,686.1 | 5489.6 |
Balance | -6,940.5 | -3,555.8 | -624.1 | -536.5 |
Source: NSI
(1 euro = 1.95583 levs)