May 17 (SeeNews) - Serbia's current account deficit rose to 937 million euro ($1.047 billion) in the first quarter of 2019, from 724 million euro in the like period of the previous year, the central bank said.
Trade in goods was in deficit of 1.324 billion euro in January-March, while trade in services recorded a surplus of 230 million euro, figures published on the website of the central bank showed.
Primary income deficit amounted to 653 million euro in the first three months of 2019, whereas surplus in secondary income came in at 810 million euro.
Details on Serbia's current account balance follow (in million of euro unless otherwise stated):
|
Q1'19 |
Q1'18 |
Current account |
-937 |
-724 |
- goods |
-1.324 bln |
-1.138 bln |
- services |
230 |
226 |
- primary income |
-653 |
-622 |
- secondary income |
810 |
810 |
($ = 0.895234 euro)