January 3 (SeeNews) - Serbia's current account deficit rose to 2.597 billion euro ($2.895 billion) in the first ten months of 2019, from 1.722 billion euro in the like period of last year, the central bank said.
Trade in goods was in deficit of 4.5 billion euro in January-October, while trade in services recorded a surplus of 954 million euro, figures published on the website of the central bank showed.
Primary income deficit amounted to 2.124 billion euro in the first ten months of 2019, whereas surplus in secondary income came in at 3.079 billion euro.
Details on Serbia's current account balance follow (in billions of euro):
|
Jan-Oct'19 |
Jan-Oct'18 |
Current account |
-2.590 |
-1.722 |
- goods |
-4.500 |
-4.155 |
- services |
0.954 |
0.901 |
- primary income |
-2.124 |
-1.852 |
- secondary income |
3.079 |
3.384 |
($ = 0.897207 euro)