| 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 | 8 851 | 8 371 | 479 | 11 984 | 11 307 | 677 | 135.4 | 135.1 |
| February | 8 970 | 8 346 | 624 | 12 635 | 11 841 | 794 | 140.9 | 141.9 |
| March | 10 288 | 9 617 | 671 | 12 870 | 12 421 | 450 | 125.1 | 129.2 |
| January - March | 28 108 | 26 334 | 1 774 | 37 489 | 35 568 | 1 921 | 133.4 | 135.1 |
| April | 9 507 | 9 268 | 238 | 14 117 | 13 667 | 450 | 148.5 | 147.5 |
| May | 9 808 | 9 587 | 221 | 12 898 | 12 274 | 624 | 131.5 | 128.0 |
| June | 10 020 | 9 557 | 462 | 13 972 | 12 990 | 981 | 139.4 | 135.9 |
| April - June | 29 334 | 28 412 | 922 | 40 986 | 38 931 | 2 055 | 139.7 | 137.0 |
| July | 9 582 | 9 623 | -41 | 13 677 | 13 192 | 485 | 142.7 | 137.1 |
| August | 9 490 | 9 499 | -8 | |||||
| September | 10 719 | 10 029 | 690 | |||||
| July - September | 29 792 | 29 151 | 641 | |||||
| October | 12 672 | 12 248 | 423 | |||||
| November | 13 036 | 12 348 | 688 | |||||
| December | 9 818 | 9 973 | -155 | |||||
| October - December | 35 526 | 34 569 | 957 | |||||
| January - July | 67 025 | 64 370 | 2 655 | 92 153 | 87 691 | 4 462 | 137.5 | 136.2 |
| January - December | 122 760 | 118 467 | 4 293 | |||||
| 1) Corresponding period of previous year = 100. | ||||||||
| 2) For corversion to USD is used the average monthly rate of exchange released by the CNB. | ||||||||