Exports through October were 33% higher on the year at $9.552 billion, while imports rose by 35% to $19.954 billion, the statistics office said in a statement.
In October alone, Serbia's trade balance showed a deficit of $1.004 million, down from $1.046 million a year earlier.
Serbia's trade deficit rose by 41.2% to $9.526 billion last year.
SERBIA'S TRADE BALANCE (in billions of U.S. dollars):
Jan-Oct'08 | Jan-Oct'07 | Oct'08 | Oct'07 | |
Exports | 9.552 | 7.178 | 0.880 | 0.821 |
Imports | 19.954 | 14.825 | 1.884 | 1.867 |
Balance | -10.402 | -7.647 | -1.004 | -1.046 |
($=0.7854 euro)