TABLE-Slovak May foreign trade gap SKK 3.54 bln

...a revised gap of 1.0 billion in April, the 
Statistics Office said on Thursday. 
 
FOREIGN TRADE         MAY 07   APRIL 07   MAY 06    JAN-DEC 06 
 (SKK bln) 
 Imports             123.922   111.533   111.623    1,333.489 
 Exports             120.383   110.531   103.910    1,240.389 
 Balance              -3.539    -1.002    -7.713      -93.100 
DYNAMICS OF TRADE  
 (pct y/y change in SKK terms) 
 nominal imports      11.0       13.7      28.4          24.5 
 nominal exports      15.9       24.0      28.7          24.7 
 
   NOTE: The market had expected a trade deficit of 1.6 billion 
crowns in May according to a Reuters survey of analysts earlier 
this month  . 
    The March balance was revised from a previously reported 
deficit of 1.166 billion crowns. 
  
  (Reporting by Martin Dokoupil and Martin Santa in Bratislava) 
  
 ($1=24.25 Slovak Crown) 
  Keywords: SLOVAKIA ECONOMY/TRADE