TABLE-Slovak Sept foreign trade gap soars beyond fcasts

    Nov 10 (Reuters) - Slovakia's foreign trade balance showed a 
deficit of 9.46 billion crowns in September, compared with a 
revised gap of 2.35 billion crowns in August, the Statistics 
Office said on Friday. 
 
FOREIGN TRADE        SEPT 06    AUG 06    SEPT 05   JAN-DEC 05 
 (SKK bln) 
 Imports             122.975   110.490    95.788    1,070.893 
 Exports             113.510   108.145    93.086      994.571 
 Balance              -9.464    -2.346    -2.702      -76.322 
DYNAMICS OF TRADE  
 (pct y/y change in SKK terms) 
 nominal imports      28.4       35.4      13.6          13.9 
 nominal exports      21.9       33.2      17.6          11.6 
 
   NOTE: The market had expected a trade deficit of 2.1 billion 
crowns in September, according to a Reuters survey of analysts 
earlier this month <SK/ECON04> <SK/ECON09>. 
    The August balance was revised from a previously reported 
shortfall of 4.36 billion crowns. 
 
 (Reporting by Martin Santa in Bratislava) 
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  Keywords: ECONOMY SLOVAKIA TRADE TABLE