| Table 5 | ||||||||
| External trade in individual months of 2003 and 2004 | ||||||||
| January - August 2004 | EUR million CIF/FOB (current prices) 2) | |||||||
| Period | 2003 | 2004 | Index 1) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Imports | Exports | Balance | Imports | Exports | Balance | Imports | Exports | |
| Total | ||||||||
| January | 3 455 | 3 438 | -17 | 3 297 | 3 299 | 2 | 95.4 | 96.0 |
| February | 3 403 | 3 338 | -66 | 3 698 | 3 822 | 124 | 108.7 | 114.5 |
| March | 3 816 | 3 758 | -59 | 4 426 | 4 319 | -107 | 116.0 | 114.9 |
| January - March | 10 675 | 10 533 | -142 | 11 421 | 11 440 | 19 | 107.0 | 108.6 |
| April | 3 921 | 3 679 | -242 | 4 900 | 4 522 | -378 | 125.0 | 122.9 |
| May | 3 667 | 3 595 | -71 | 4 661 | 4 644 | -16 | 127.1 | 129.2 |
| June | 3 643 | 3 535 | -108 | 4 587 | 4 634 | 47 | 125.9 | 131.1 |
| April - June | 11 230 | 10 809 | -422 | 14 147 | 13 800 | -347 | 126.0 | 127.7 |
| July | 3 828 | 3 460 | -368 | 4 600 | 4 445 | -155 | 120.2 | 128.5 |
| August | 3 263 | 3 046 | -217 | 4 085 | 4 010 | -75 | 125.2 | 131.6 |
| September | 3 812 | 3 827 | 15 | |||||
| July - September | 10 903 | 10 333 | -571 | |||||
| October | 4 324 | 4 155 | -169 | |||||
| November | 4 013 | 3 750 | -263 | |||||
| December | 4 089 | 3 474 | -616 | |||||
| October - December | 12 427 | 11 378 | -1 048 | |||||
| January - August | 28 997 | 27 847 | -1 149 | 34 252 | 33 695 | -557 | 118.1 | 121.0 |
| January - December | 45 236 | 43 053 | -2 183 | |||||
| 1) Corresponding period of previous year = 100. | ||||||||
| 2) Corversion to EUR made by means of the average monthly rate of exchange released by the CNB. | ||||||||