May 3 (SeeNews) - Kosovo's current account deficit widened to 76.7 million euro ($83.8 million) in February from a shortfall of 69.3 million euro in the same month of 2016, mainly due to increased trade gap, figures from the central bank showed.
Trade deficit increased to 161.2 million euro in February, up from 156.3 million euro a year ago.
In 2016, Kosovo posted a current account deficit of 548.8 million euro.
Details follow (in millions of euro):
|
Feb'17 |
Jan'17 |
Feb'16 |
CURRENT ACCOUNT BALANCE |
-76.7 |
15.7 |
-69.3 |
- Goods |
-161.2 |
-114.3 |
-156.3 |
- Services |
8.7 |
47.1 |
4.4 |
- Primary income |
6.5 |
8.8 |
7.1 |
- Secondary income |
69.3 |
74.2 |
75.6 |
CAPITAL ACCOUNT BALANCE |
-2.9 |
-0.9 |
-2.0 |
FINANCIAL ACCOUNT BALANCE |
-33.0 |
50.8 |
-28.3 |
Source: Kosovo's central bank
($ = 0.9158 euro)