| Table 5 | ||||||||
| External trade in individual months of 2008 and 2009 | ||||||||
| EUR million FOB/CIF (current prices) 2) | ||||||||
| Period | 2008 | 2009 | Index 1) | |||||
| Exports | Imports | Balance | Exports | Imports | Balance | Exports | Imports | |
| Total | ||||||||
| January | 8 199 | 7 737 | 463 | 5 918 | 5 767 | 151 | 72,2 | 74,5 |
| February | 8 559 | 8 086 | 473 | 5 883 | 5 577 | 307 | 68,7 | 69,0 |
| March | 8 488 | 8 093 | 395 | 7 186 | 6 360 | 826 | 84,7 | 78,6 |
| January - March | 25 247 | 23 916 | 1 330 | 18 987 | 17 704 | 1 284 | 75,2 | 74,0 |
| April | 8 969 | 8 714 | 255 | 6 489 | 6 043 | 447 | 72,4 | 69,3 |
| May | 8 341 | 7 953 | 388 | 6 172 | 5 733 | 438 | 74,0 | 72,1 |
| June | 9 000 | 8 425 | 575 | 6 999 | 6 230 | 770 | 77,8 | 73,9 |
| April - June | 26 309 | 25 092 | 1 217 | 19 660 | 18 006 | 1 655 | 74,7 | 71,8 |
| July | 8 761 | 8 472 | 289 | |||||
| August | 7 156 | 7 086 | 70 | |||||
| September | 9 099 | 8 649 | 451 | |||||
| July - September | 25 016 | 24 207 | 810 | |||||
| October | 8 782 | 8 992 | -210 | |||||
| November | 7 722 | 7 752 | -30 | |||||
| December | 5 946 | 6 339 | -392 | |||||
| October - December | 22 451 | 23 082 | -632 | |||||
| January - June | 51 556 | 49 008 | 2 548 | 38 648 | 35 709 | 2 938 | 75,0 | 72,9 |
| January - December | 99 023 | 96 297 | 2 726 | |||||
| 1) Corresponding period of previous year = 100. | ||||||||
| 2) For corversion to EUR is used the average monthly rate of exchange released by the CNB. | ||||||||