...of February, compared with a gap of 15.98 billion a year ago, the central bank (NBS) said on Tuesday.
The NBS also revised the current account surplus for January to 8.45 billion crowns, from an originally reported surplus of 7.7 billion.
Analysts expect the external balance to improve significantly this year, due to rising production at new car plants of Kia Motors and PSA Peugeot Citroen .