| Table 4 | ||||||||
| External trade in 2007 and 2008, by month | ||||||||
| USD million FOB/CIF (current prices) 2) | ||||||||
| Period | 2007 | 2008 | Index 1) | |||||
| Exports | Imports | Balance | Exports | Imports | Balance | Exports | Imports | |
| Total | ||||||||
| January | 8 832 | 8 375 | 457 | 11 867 | 11 177 | 690 | 134,4 | 133,5 |
| February | 8 935 | 8 339 | 596 | |||||
| March | 10 340 | 9 611 | 730 | |||||
| January - March | 28 108 | 26 325 | 1 783 | |||||
| April | 9 517 | 9 293 | 224 | |||||
| May | 9 813 | 9 557 | 256 | |||||
| June | 9 983 | 9 600 | 383 | |||||
| April - June | 29 314 | 28 451 | 863 | |||||
| July | 9 531 | 9 610 | -79 | |||||
| August | 9 464 | 9 518 | -54 | |||||
| September | 10 674 | 9 992 | 682 | |||||
| July - September | 29 669 | 29 120 | 549 | |||||
| October | 12 601 | 12 148 | 453 | |||||
| November | 12 965 | 12 280 | 686 | |||||
| December | 9 748 | 9 931 | -183 | |||||
| October - December | 35 314 | 34 359 | 955 | |||||
| January - December | 122 405 | 118 255 | 4 150 | |||||
| 1) Corresponding period of previous year = 100. | ||||||||
| 2) For corversion to USD is used the average monthly rate of exchange released by the CNB. | ||||||||