EXTERNAL TRADE
(preliminary data *)
Table 1
External trade in individual months of  2003 and 2004
January - August  2004				CZK million CIF/FOB (current prices)
Period	2003			2004			Index 1)
	Imports	Exports	Balance	Imports	Exports	Balance	Imports	Exports
	Total
January	108 806	108 256	-550	107 877	107 956	79	99.1	99.7
February	107 700	105 624	-2 077	121 517	125 590	4 073	112.8	118.9
March	121 201	119 335	-1 866	145 985	142 448	-3 537	120.4	119.4
January - March	337 708	333 215	-4 493	375 380	375 994	614	111.2	112.8
April	123 997	116 344	-7 653	159 306	147 023	-12 283	128.5	126.4
May	115 096	112 853	-2 243	149 025	148 500	-525	129.5	131.6
June	114 426	111 025	-3 400	145 001	146 502	1 500	126.7	132.0
April - June	353 519	340 223	-13 296	453 332	442 024	-11 307	128.2	129.9
July	122 022	110 280	-11 742	144 991	140 110	-4 881	118.8	127.0
August	105 371	98 354	-7 017	129 210	126 837	-2 372	122.6	129.0
September	123 340	123 822	482
July - September	350 733	332 456	-18 277
October	138 299	132 882	-5 416
November	128 322	119 902	-8 421
December	132 142	112 252	-19 890
October - December	398 763	365 036	-33 727
January - August	918 620	882 072	-36 548	1 102 912	1 084 965	-17 947	120.1	123.0
January - December	1 440 723	1 370 930	-69 793
1) Corresponding period of previous year = 100.
*) 2003 data are final, referring to 27 August 2004 closing date,
2004 data for January to June are updated, referring to 27 August 2004 closing date,
	for July are preliminary, referring to 27 August 2004 closing date,
	for August are preliminary, referring to 29 September 2004 closing date.
Casual differences on the last digit position arise for rounding off the absolute number.