| Table 4 | ||||||||
| External trade in individual months of 2003 and 2004 | ||||||||
| January - August 2004 | USD million CIF/FOB (current prices) 2) | |||||||
| Period | 2003 | 2004 | Index 1) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Imports | Exports | Balance | Imports | Exports | Balance | Imports | Exports | |
| Total | ||||||||
| January | 3 669 | 3 651 | -19 | 4 157 | 4 160 | 3 | 113.3 | 114.0 |
| February | 3 667 | 3 596 | -71 | 4 676 | 4 833 | 157 | 127.5 | 134.4 |
| March | 4 123 | 4 060 | -63 | 5 427 | 5 295 | -131 | 131.6 | 130.4 |
| January - March | 11 459 | 11 307 | -153 | 14 260 | 14 289 | 28 | 124.4 | 126.4 |
| April | 4 253 | 3 990 | -262 | 5 875 | 5 422 | -453 | 138.1 | 135.9 |
| May | 4 248 | 4 165 | -83 | 5 595 | 5 576 | -20 | 131.7 | 133.9 |
| June | 4 248 | 4 122 | -126 | 5 567 | 5 624 | 58 | 131.0 | 136.5 |
| April - June | 12 749 | 12 277 | -471 | 17 037 | 16 622 | -415 | 133.6 | 135.4 |
| July | 4 353 | 3 934 | -419 | 5 640 | 5 450 | -190 | 129.6 | 138.5 |
| August | 3 634 | 3 392 | -242 | 4 973 | 4 881 | -91 | 136.9 | 143.9 |
| September | 4 275 | 4 292 | 17 | |||||
| July - September | 12 261 | 11 617 | -644 | |||||
| October | 5 056 | 4 858 | -198 | |||||
| November | 4 693 | 4 385 | -308 | |||||
| December | 5 021 | 4 265 | -756 | |||||
| October - December | 14 770 | 13 508 | -1 262 | |||||
| January - August | 32 194 | 30 909 | -1 285 | 41 910 | 41 242 | -668 | 130.2 | 133.4 |
| January - December | 51 239 | 48 709 | -2 530 | |||||
| 1) Corresponding period of previous year = 100. | ||||||||
| 2) Corversion to USD made by means of the average monthly rate of exchange released by the CNB. | ||||||||