Exports through September were 36.4% higher on the year at $8.672 billion, while imports rose by 39.3% to $18.059 billion, the statistics office said in a statement.
In September alone, Serbia's trade balance showed a deficit of $1.028 million, up from $800 million a year earlier.
Serbia's trade deficit rose by 41.2% to $9.526 billion last year.
SERBIA'S TRADE BALANCE (in billions of U.S. dollars):
Jan-Sept'08 | Jan-Sept'07 | Sept'08 | Sept'07 | |
Exports | 8.672 | 6.357 | 0.971 | 0.783 |
Imports | 18.059 | 12.958 | 1.999 | 1.583 |
Balance | -9.387 | -6.601 | -1.028 | -0.800 |
($=0.7855 euro)