August 9 (SeeNews) - Slovenia's trade surplus grew to 417.5 million euro ($483.9 million) in the first half of 2018, from 338.8 million euro in the prior-year period, the country's statistical office said on Thursday.
Exports in the January-June period rose to 15.5 billion euro, 11.2% higher than a year earlier, while imports increased 10.9% to 15.1 billion euro, the statistical office said in a statement.
The European Union was Slovenia’s main trading partner in the first six months of 2018, absorbing 12.0 billion euro of the country's exports and providing 11.9 billion euro of its imports.
In the month of June, Slovenia recorded a trade surplus of 154.5 million euro. Exports in June rose 9.0% on the year to 2.7 billion euro and imports expanded 8.4% to 2.6 billion euro.
($ =0.862974 euro)