EXTERNAL TRADE
(preliminary data *)
Table 1
External trade in individual months of  2003 and 2004
January - October  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	107 933	107 943	10	99.2	99.7
February	107 700	105 624	-2 077	121 370	125 520	4 150	112.7	118.8
March	121 201	119 335	-1 866	145 984	142 342	-3 642	120.4	119.3
January - March	337 708	333 215	-4 493	375 287	375 805	518	111.1	112.8
April	123 997	116 344	-7 653	159 323	147 044	-12 279	128.5	126.4
May	115 096	112 853	-2 243	150 705	152 742	2 038	130.9	135.3
June	114 426	111 025	-3 400	147 492	148 056	564	128.9	133.4
April - June	353 519	340 223	-13 296	457 519	447 842	-9 677	129.4	131.6
July	122 022	110 280	-11 742	144 058	137 496	-6 562	118.1	124.7
August	105 371	98 354	-7 017	132 858	130 734	-2 124	126.1	132.9
September	123 340	123 822	482	153 348	157 082	3 734	124.3	126.9
July - September	350 733	332 456	-18 277	430 264	425 312	-4 951	122.7	127.9
October	138 299	132 882	-5 416	159 117	154 968	-4 149	115.1	116.6
November	128 322	119 902	-8 421
December	132 142	112 252	-19 890
October - December	398 763	365 036	-33 727
January - October	1 180 259	1 138 776	-41 482	1 422 187	1 403 927	-18 259	120.5	123.3
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 September are updated, referring to 29 November 2004 closing date,
	for October are preliminary, referring to 29 November 2004 closing date.
Casual differences on the last digit position arise for rounding off the absolute number.