| Table 4 | ||||||||
| External trade in 2005 and 2006, by month | ||||||||
| USD million FOB/CIF (current prices) 2) | ||||||||
| Period | 2005 | 2006 | Index 1) | |||||
| Exports | Imports | Balance | Exports | Imports | Balance | Exports | Imports | |
| Total | ||||||||
| January | 5 922 | 5 444 | 478 | 6 936 | 6 391 | 545 | 117,1 | 117,4 |
| February | 6 068 | 5 812 | 256 | 6 719 | 6 469 | 250 | 110,7 | 111,3 |
| March | 6 842 | 6 542 | 300 | 7 919 | 7 581 | 337 | 115,7 | 115,9 |
| January - March | 18 832 | 17 798 | 1 034 | 21 574 | 20 441 | 1 133 | 114,6 | 114,8 |
| April | 6 615 | 6 639 | -24 | 6 961 | 6 998 | -37 | 105,2 | 105,4 |
| May | 6 529 | 6 312 | 217 | 8 234 | 8 172 | 63 | 126,1 | 129,5 |
| June | 6 759 | 6 396 | 363 | 8 206 | 7 887 | 319 | 121,4 | 123,3 |
| April - June | 19 903 | 19 347 | 556 | 23 401 | 23 056 | 345 | 117,6 | 119,2 |
| July | 5 547 | 5 574 | -27 | 7 159 | 7 224 | -64 | 129,1 | 129,6 |
| August | 6 235 | 6 420 | -185 | 7 525 | 7 589 | -64 | 120,7 | 118,2 |
| September | 7 089 | 6 869 | 220 | 8 462 | 8 105 | 357 | 119,4 | 118,0 |
| July - September | 18 871 | 18 863 | 8 | 23 147 | 22 918 | 229 | 122,7 | 121,5 |
| October | 6 898 | 6 787 | 111 | 9 106 | 8 912 | 194 | 132,0 | 131,3 |
| November | 7 328 | 7 228 | 100 | |||||
| December | 6 152 | 6 317 | -165 | |||||
| October - December | 20 378 | 20 332 | 46 | |||||
| January - October | 64 505 | 62 795 | 1 710 | 77 227 | 75 327 | 1 900 | 119,7 | 120,0 |
| January - December | 77 985 | 76 340 | 1 645 | |||||
| 1) Corresponding period of previous year = 100. | ||||||||
| 2) For corversion to USD is used the average monthly rate of exchange released by the CNB. | ||||||||