April 11 (Reuters) - Slovakia's foreign trade balance swung
to a deficit of 2.05 billion crowns ($82.39 million) in
February, compared with...
...a revised surplus of 4.88 billion crowns
in Janaury, the Statistics Office said on Wednesday.
FOREIGN TRADE FEB 07 JAN 07 FEB 06 JAN-DEC 06
(SKK bln)
Imports 110.296 105.048 95.341 1,333.489
Exports 108.242 109.929 84.932 1,240.389
Balance -2.054 +4.881 -10.409 -93.100
DYNAMICS OF TRADE
(pct y/y change in SKK terms)
nominal imports 15.7 17.5 27.3 24.5
nominal exports 27.4 35.5 20.4 24.7
NOTE: The market had expected a trade surplus of 2.0 billion
crowns in February according to a Reuters survey of analysts
earlier this month .
The January balance was revised from a previously reported
surplus of 3.98 billion crowns.
(Reporting by Martin Santa in Bratislava)
($1=24.88 Slovak Crown)
Keywords: SLOVAKIA ECONOMY/TRADE