| EXTERNAL TRADE | ||||||||
| (preliminary data *) | ||||||||
| Table 1 | ||||||||
| External trade in 2004 and 2005, by month | ||||||||
| CZK million FOB/CIF (current prices) | ||||||||
| Period | 2004 | 2005 | Index 1) | |||||
| Exports | Imports | Balance | Exports | Imports | Balance | Exports | Imports | |
| Total | ||||||||
| January | 108 066 | 107 944 | 122 | 140 630 | 127 694 | 12 936 | 130,1 | 118,3 |
| February | 125 848 | 121 167 | 4 681 | 142 228 | 135 651 | 6 577 | 113,0 | 112,0 |
| March | 142 673 | 145 793 | -3 120 | 157 013 | 148 874 | 8 139 | 110,1 | 102,1 |
| January - March | 376 588 | 374 905 | 1 683 | 439 871 | 412 220 | 27 651 | 116,8 | 110,0 |
| April | 148 454 | 159 115 | -10 660 | 156 769 | 157 285 | -516 | 105,6 | 98,9 |
| May | 155 378 | 154 815 | 564 | 156 726 | 150 816 | 5 910 | 100,9 | 97,4 |
| June | 156 309 | 155 029 | 1 280 | 166 010 | 157 093 | 8 917 | 106,2 | 101,3 |
| April - June | 460 142 | 468 959 | -8 817 | 479 505 | 465 194 | 14 311 | 104,2 | 99,2 |
| July | 135 167 | 142 435 | -7 268 | 140 099 | 140 750 | -651 | 103,6 | 98,8 |
| August | 132 085 | 135 421 | -3 336 | 150 673 | 154 286 | -3 613 | 114,1 | 113,9 |
| September | 158 002 | 155 628 | 2 375 | 169 084 | 164 563 | 4 521 | 107,0 | 105,7 |
| July - September | 425 255 | 433 484 | -8 229 | 459 855 | 459 598 | 257 | 108,1 | 106,0 |
| October | 158 622 | 160 355 | -1 733 | 166 474 | 164 655 | 1 819 | 105,0 | 102,7 |
| November | 165 860 | 165 590 | 270 | 178 866 | 177 120 | 1 745 | 107,8 | 107,0 |
| December | 136 191 | 145 803 | -9 612 | 146 867 | 150 773 | -3 905 | 107,8 | 103,4 |
| October - December | 460 673 | 471 748 | -11 075 | 492 207 | 492 548 | -341 | 106,8 | 104,4 |
| January - December | 1 722 657 | 1 749 095 | -26 438 | 1 871 439 | 1 829 561 | 41 878 | 108,6 | 104,6 |
| 1) Corresponding period of previous year = 100. | ||||||||
| *) 2004 data are final, referring to 26 August 2005 closing date, | ||||||||
| 2005 data for January to September are updated, referring to 29 November 2005 closing date, | ||||||||
| for October are preliminary, referring to 29 November 2005 closing date, | ||||||||
| for November are preliminary, referring to 29 December 2005 closing date, | ||||||||
| for December are preliminary, referring to 27 January 2006 closing date. | ||||||||
| Casual differences on the last digit position arise for rounding off the absolute number. | ||||||||