TABLE-Slovak Nov foreign trade gap SKK 9.25 bln

    Slovakia's foreign trade balance showed a 
deficit of 9.25 billion crowns ($348 million) in November, 
compared with a revised gap of 5.48 billion crowns in October, 
the Statistics Office said on Thursday. 
 
FOREIGN TRADE         NOV 06    OCT 06    NOV 05    JAN-DEC 05 
 (SKK bln) 
 Imports             128.854   131.312   105.066    1,070.893 
 Exports             119.604   125.834   100.974      994.571 
 Balance              -9.251    -5.478    -4.092      -76.322 
DYNAMICS OF TRADE  
 (pct y/y change in SKK terms) 
 nominal imports      22.6       26.9      18.0          13.9 
 nominal exports      18.4       30.1      22.4          11.6 
 
   NOTE: The market had expected a trade deficit of 2.3 billion 
crowns in November according to a Reuters survey of analysts 
earlier this month  . 
    The October balance was revised from a previously reported 
shortfall of 4.98 billion crowns. 
 ((For past economic data and analysts forecasts, double click 
on )) 
  (Reporting by Martin Santa in Bratislava) 
 ((Editing by Jan Lopatka, bratislava.newsroom@reuters.com; 
Reuters Messaging: martin.santa.reuters.com@reuters.net; +421 2 
5341 8402)) 
 ($1=26.58 Slovak Crown) 
  Keywords: SLOVAKIA TRADE/  
    

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