Exports (FOB) increased 4.2% year-on-year in the period under review, reaching 48.7 billion levs, while imports (CIF) fell 2.2% to 51.1 billion levs, NSI said in a statement.
In October alone, Bulgaria's exports decreased by 0.8% on the year to 5.4 billion levs, while imports fell by 11.2% to 5.5 billion levs.
Details follow (in millions of levs):
Jan-Oct 2019 | Jan-Oct 2018 | Oct 2019 | Oct 2018 | |
Exports (FOB) | 48702.6 | 46740.8 | 5402.2 | 5445.8 |
Imports (CIF) | 51157.1 | 52327.5 | 5534.1 | 6228.9 |
Balance | -2454.5 | -5586.7 | -131.9 | -783.1 |
source: NSI
(1 euro = 1.95583 levs)