EXTERNAL TRADE
(preliminary data *)
Table 1
External trade in individual months of  2003 and 2004
January - April  2004				CZK million FOB/FOB (current prices)
Period	2003			2004			Index 1)
	Imports	Exports	Balance	Imports	Exports	Balance	Imports	Exports
	Total
January	108 777	108 260	-517	107 938	107 613	-325	99,2	99,4
February	107 701	105 652	-2 049	121 571	125 146	3 575	112,9	118,5
March	121 206	119 577	-1 630	146 081	141 908	-4 173	120,5	118,7
January - March	337 684	333 489	-4 196	375 590	374 667	-923	111,2	112,3
April	123 998	116 372	-7 626	155 904	145 128	-10 776	125,7	124,7
May	115 075	112 857	-2 218
June	114 429	111 027	-3 402
April - June	353 503	340 256	-13 246
July	122 029	110 286	-11 744
August	105 381	98 417	-6 964
September	123 347	123 827	480
July - September	350 757	332 530	-18 228
October	138 294	132 896	-5 398
November	128 352	119 900	-8 452
December	132 142	112 266	-19 876
October - December	398 788	365 062	-33 726
January - April	461 683	449 860	-11 822	531 494	519 795	-11 699	115,1	115,5
January - December	1 440 733	1 371 337	-69 396
1) Corresponding period of previous year = 100.
*) 2003 data for January to December are updated, referring to 18 May 2004 closing date,
2004 data for January to March are updated, referring to 19 May 2004 closing date,
	for April are preliminary, referring to 19 May 2004 closing date.
Casual differences on the last digit position arise for rounding off the absolute number.