| Table 5 | ||||||||
| External trade in 2007 and 2008, by month | ||||||||
| EUR million FOB/CIF (current prices) 2) | ||||||||
| Period | 2007 | 2008 | Index 1) | |||||
| Exports | Imports | Balance | Exports | Imports | Balance | Exports | Imports | |
| Total | ||||||||
| January | 6 795 | 6 443 | 352 | 8 064 | 7 595 | 469 | 118,7 | 117,9 |
| February | 6 834 | 6 379 | 456 | |||||
| March | 7 810 | 7 259 | 551 | |||||
| January - March | 21 439 | 20 080 | 1 359 | |||||
| April | 7 044 | 6 878 | 166 | |||||
| May | 7 265 | 7 075 | 189 | |||||
| June | 7 440 | 7 154 | 285 | |||||
| April - June | 21 748 | 21 107 | 641 | |||||
| July | 6 944 | 7 002 | -58 | |||||
| August | 6 947 | 6 987 | -40 | |||||
| September | 7 690 | 7 199 | 491 | |||||
| July - September | 21 582 | 21 188 | 394 | |||||
| October | 8 859 | 8 541 | 318 | |||||
| November | 8 830 | 8 363 | 467 | |||||
| December | 6 686 | 6 812 | -126 | |||||
| October - December | 24 376 | 23 716 | 660 | |||||
| January - December | 89 145 | 86 092 | 3 053 | |||||
| 1) Corresponding period of previous year = 100. | ||||||||
| 2) For corversion to EUR is used the average monthly rate of exchange released by the CNB. | ||||||||