TABLE-Slovak 2004-2006 budget data reported to EU

    Oct 19 (Reuters) - Slovakia has presented the official state 
budget and state debt data to the European Union, the Statistics 
Office said on Thursday. 
    The following table includes figures for 2004 and 2005, and 
estimated data for 2006, as calculated according to EU's 
Eurostat methodology. 
CENTRAL STATE BUDGET         2004         2005        2006 
 Balance (SKK bln)         -40.641      -45.995     -54.422 
 Balance (pct of GDP)       -3.0         -3.13       -3.35 
STATE DEBT 
 Debt (SKK bln)            564.106      507.428     537.883 
 Debt (pct of GDP)          41.62        34.49       33.12 
 
NOTE: The 2006 state budget deficit estimate is based on new 
finance ministry forecast. The 2006 central state budget was 
approved with a deficit ceiling of 57.468 billion crowns. 
 (Reporting by Martin Santa in Bratislava) 
 ((RM: martin.santa.reuters.com@reuters.net; 
Email: martin.santa@reuters.com; +421-2-5341-8402)) 
  Keywords: ECONOMY SLOVAKIA BUDGET