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Kosovo’s Aug trade gap widens widens 5.4% y/y – table

Oct 5, 2012, 5:16:23 PMArticle by Nina Byalkova
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PRISTINA (Kosovo), October 5 (SeeNews) – Kosovo’s August trade deficit widened 5.4% year-on-year to 217.1 million euro ($283.5 million), Kosovo’s statistics agency said on Friday.

Kosovo’s Aug trade gap widens widens 5.4% y/y – table

On a monthly basis, Kosovo’s trade deficit increased by 3.6% in August, the statistics agency said in a report published on its website.

Year-on-year, exports dropped by 15.4% in August, while imports increased by 3.3%.

The European Union was Kosovo's main trading partner in August, accounting for 36.9% of Kosovo's exports and 39.7% of imports.

In August Kosovo exported mostly base metals and base metal products and imported mainly mineral products.

KOSOVO TRADE BALANCE (in millions of euro):

Aug'12 July'12 Aug'11
Exports 20.2 25.5 23.9
Imports 237.4 235 229.8
Balance -217.1 -209.5 -205.9

($=0.7657 euro)

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