Bulgaria's Jan-Oct c/a surplus edges up - table

The current account surplus in the period under review was equivalent to 5.4% of the projected 2017 GDP, down from 5.6% of GDP in January-October 2016, the BNB said in a monthly balance of payments report citing preliminary data.

The country's trade gap widened to 1.27 billion euro, or 2.5% of GDP, in the first ten months from 753.8 million euro, or 1.6% of GDP, in the same period last year. Exports grew 13.7% year-on-year while imports expanded 15.8%. In January-October 2016, exports added 1.0% on the year, while imports shrank 1.6%.

Details follow (in millions of euro):

Source: BNB

Bulgaria closed 2016 with a current account surplus of 1.8 billion euro, compared to a surplus of 172.4 million euro in the previous year. Trade deficit totalled 1.79 billion euro, or 3.8% of GDP, in 2016, as compared to a trade gap of 2.6 billion euro, or 5.8% of GDP, in the previous year.