Montenegro's exports fell 15.3% to 245.3 million euro through August, while imports rose 3.9% to 1.238 billion euro, the statistics office said in a statement on its website.
Montenegro's merchandise trade (in millions of euro):
Trade balance | Jan-Aug'12 | Jan-Aug'11 |
Exports | 245.3 | 289.5 |
Imports | 1,238 | 1,190 |
Deficit | 992.7 | 900.5 |
Montenegro’s trade deficit widened to 1.369 billion euro in 2011 from 1.327 billion euro a year earlier.
($=0.7740 euro)