TABLE-Slovak Aug foreign trade gap SKK 4.36 bln

    Oct 12 (Reuters) - Slovakia's foreign trade balance showed a 
deficit of 4.4 billion crowns ($149.7 million) in August, 
compared with a revised gap of 6.6 billion crowns in July, the 
Statistics Office said on Thursday. 
 
FOREIGN TRADE        AUG 06    JULY 06    AUG 05   JAN-DEC 05 
 (SKK bln) 
 Imports             110.193   103.747    81.605    1,070.893 
 Exports             105.829    97.105    81.209      994.571 
 Balance              -4.364    -6.642    -0.396      -76.322 
DYNAMICS OF TRADE  
 (pct y/y change in SKK terms) 
 nominal imports      35.0       25.0       8.9          13.9 
 nominal exports      30.3       24.2      16.5          11.6 
 
   NOTE: The market had expected a trade deficit of 2.4 billion 
crowns in August, according to a Reuters survey of analysts 
earlier this month <SK/ECON04> <SK/ECON09>. 
    The July balance was revised from a previously reported 
shortfall of 7.32 billion crowns. 
 (Reporting by Martin Santa in Bratislava) 
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  Keywords: ECONOMY SLOVAKIA TRADE TABLE