TABLE-Slovak June trade gap widens to SKK 4.51 bln

...revised gap of 4.277 billion 
in May, the Statistics Office said on Friday. 
 
FOREIGN TRADE        JUNE 07    MAY 07   JUNE 06   JAN-DEC 06 
 (SKK bln) 
 Imports             120.714   125.636   113.706    1,333.489 
 Exports             116.202   121.359   108.908    1,240.389 
 Balance              -4.513    -4.277    -4.799      -93.100 
DYNAMICS OF TRADE  
 (pct y/y change in SKK terms) 
 nominal imports       6.2       12.6      26.8          25.3 
 nominal exports       6.7       16.8      26.2          25.3 
 
   NOTE: The market had expected a trade deficit of 0.7 billion 
crowns in June according to a Reuters survey of analysts earlier 
this month  . The May balance was revised 
from a previously reported deficit of 3.539 billion crowns. 
  
  (Reporting by Martin Dokoupil in Bratislava) 
  
 ($1=24.22 Slovak Crown) 
  Keywords: SLOVAKIA ECONOMY/TRADE  
    

[Reuters/Finance.cz]