April 18 (SeeNews) - Serbia's current account deficit rose to 455.4 million euro ($512.4 million) in the first two months of 2019, from 348.2 million euro in the like period of the previous year, the central bank said.
Trade in goods was in deficit of 856.2 million euro in January-February, while trade in services recorded a surplus of 181.4 million euro, figures published on the website of the central bank showed.
Primary income deficit amounted to 352.8 million euro in the first two months of 2019, whereas surplus in secondary income came in at 572.2 million euro.
Details on Serbia's current account balance follow (in million of euro):
|
Jan-Feb'19 |
Jan-Feb'18 |
Current account |
-455 |
-348 |
- goods |
-856 |
-675 |
- services |
181 |
151 |
- primary income |
-353 |
-363 |
- secondary income |
572 |
539 |
($ = 0.884513 euro)