...of January, compared with a gap of 9.14 billion a year ago, the central bank (NBS) said on Tuesday.
The NBS also revised the current account deficit for full year 2006 to 135.6 billion crowns, from an originally reported shortfall of 129.6 billion.
Analysts expect the external balance to improve significantly this year, due to rising production of new car plants of Kia Motors and PSA Peugeot Citroen .