LJUBLJANA (Slovenia), November 13 (SeeNews) – Slovenia's current account surplus increased to 2.31 billion euro ($2.7 billion) in the first nine months of 2017 from 1.76 billion euro in the same period last year, central bank data showed on Monday.
In September alone, Slovenia's current account balance recorded a 459.7 million euro surplus, up from 346.8 million euro in September 2016.
Slovenia's trade surplus expanded to 1.37 billion euro in January-September from 1.31 billion euro in the corresponding period last year, as exports rose 13.4% to 21.07 billion euro, while imports increased to 19.71 billion euro from 17.27 billion euro a year earlier.
Details follow (in millions of euro):
|
Jan-Sept'17 |
Jan-Sept'16 |
Sept'17 |
Sept'16 |
Current account |
2,310.8 |
1,764.4 |
459.7 |
346.8 |
-goods |
1,365.3 |
1,309.9 |
308.9 |
226.1 |
-services |
1,972.1 |
1,648.5 |
261.7 |
240.4 |
-primary income |
-800.2 |
-935.6 |
-102.7 |
-86.8 |
-secondary income |
-226.4 |
-258.4 |
-8.2 |
-32.9 |
Financial account |
1,600.7 |
973.3 |
259.1 |
301.6 |
-direct investment |
-341.7 |
-980.7 |
-240.1 |
-31.9 |
($=0.8587 euro)