| 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 | 8 373 | 458 | 11 933 | 11 308 | 625 | 135.1 | 135.0 |
| February | 8 998 | 8 330 | 668 | 12 630 | 11 804 | 825 | 140.4 | 141.7 |
| March | 10 306 | 9 611 | 694 | 12 787 | 12 310 | 477 | 124.1 | 128.1 |
| January - March | 28 136 | 26 315 | 1 821 | 37 350 | 35 422 | 1 928 | 132.7 | 134.6 |
| April | 9 515 | 9 280 | 235 | 13 950 | 13 430 | 520 | 146.6 | 144.7 |
| May | 9 817 | 9 564 | 253 | 12 727 | 12 155 | 572 | 129.6 | 127.1 |
| June | 9 973 | 9 590 | 383 | 13 803 | 12 913 | 890 | 138.4 | 134.6 |
| April - June | 29 304 | 28 434 | 871 | 40 480 | 38 498 | 1 982 | 138.1 | 135.4 |
| July | 9 526 | 9 600 | -74 | |||||
| August | 9 465 | 9 486 | -22 | |||||
| September | 10 715 | 10 016 | 699 | |||||
| July - September | 29 706 | 29 102 | 604 | |||||
| October | 12 684 | 12 239 | 445 | |||||
| November | 12 957 | 12 316 | 641 | |||||
| December | 9 826 | 9 956 | -130 | |||||
| October - December | 35 467 | 34 511 | 957 | |||||
| January - June | 57 440 | 54 748 | 2 692 | 77 829 | 73 920 | 3 910 | 135.5 | 135.0 |
| January - December | 122 613 | 118 362 | 4 252 | |||||
| 1) Corresponding period of previous year = 100. | ||||||||
| 2) For corversion to USD is used the average monthly rate of exchange released by the CNB. | ||||||||