November 30 (SeeNews) - Serbia's trade deficit for the first ten months of 2007 grew by 38.8% year-on-year to $7.423 billion (5.027 billion euro), the Serbian Statistics Bureau said on Friday.
Exports through October were 39.1% higher on the year at $7.152 billion, while imports rose by 39% to $14.575 billion, the statistics bureau said in a statement.
SERBIA'S TRADE BALANCE (in billions of U.S. dollars):
|
10-MO'07 |
10-MO'06 |
Exports |
7.152 |
5.140 |
Imports |
14.575 |
10.486 |
Balance |
-7.423 |
-5.346 |
|
Oct'07 |
Oct'06 |
Exports |
0.817 |
0.611 |
Imports |
1.824 |
1.204 |
Balance |
-1.007 |
-0.593 |
($ = 0.6772 euro)