TABLE-Slovak Aug foreign trade gap SKK 7.6 bln

...billion in July, the 
Statistics Office said on Friday. 
 
FOREIGN TRADE        AUG 07    JULY 07    AUG 06    JAN-DEC 06 
 (SKK bln) 
 Imports             114.780   115.088    109.111   1,308,143 
 Exports             107.214   112.578    105.414   1,232.887 
 Balance              -7.565    -2.510     -3.697     -75.256 
DYNAMICS OF TRADE 
 (pct y/y change in SKK terms) 
 nominal imports       5.2       13.2       N/A         N/A 
 nominal exports       1.7       12.3       N/A         N/A 
    NOTE: The market had expected a trade deficit of 3.0 billion 
crowns in August, according to a Reuters survey of analysts 
earlier this month  . 
    The July balance was revised from a previously reported 
deficit of 1.782 billion crowns. The Statistics Office also 
revised full-year 2006 trade deficit to 75.3 billion crowns, 
from previously reported 93.1 billion crown gap. 
   
 

[Reuters/Finance.cz]