TABLE-Slovak Dec foreign trade gap SKK 12.48 bln

    Slovakia's foreign trade balance showed a 
deficit of 12.48 billion crowns ($468.3 million) in December, 
compared with a revised gap of 9.37 billion crowns in November, 
the Statistics Office said on Friday. 
 
FOREIGN TRADE         DEC 06    NOV 06    DEC 05    JAN-DEC 06 
 (SKK bln) 
 Imports             110.369   130.493   109.232    1,327.127 
 Exports              97.894   121.118    82.977    1,235.009 
 Balance             -12.476    -9.374   -26.254      -92.118 
DYNAMICS OF TRADE  
 (pct y/y change in SKK terms) 
 nominal imports       1.0       24.2      36.9          23.9 
 nominal exports      18.0       19.9      21.1          24.2 
 
   NOTE: The market had expected a trade deficit of 10.0 billion 
crowns in December according to a Reuters survey of analysts 
earlier this month  . 
    The November balance was revised from a previously reported 
shortfall of 9.25 billion crowns. 
 ((For past economic data and analysts forecasts, double click 
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  (Reporting by Martin Santa in Bratislava) 
 ((Editing by Cheryl Juckes, bratislava.newsroom@reuters.com; 
Reuters Messaging: martin.santa.reuters.com@reuters.net; +421 2 
5341 8402)) 
 ($1=26.65 Slovak Crown) 
  Keywords: SLOVAKIA ECONOMY/TRADE  
    

[Reuters/Finance.cz]