EXTERNAL TRADE
(preliminary data *)
Table 1
External trade in individual months of  2003 and 2004
January - February  2004				CZK million FOB/FOB (current prices)
Period	2003			2004			Index 1)
	Imports	Exports	Balance	Imports	Exports	Balance	Imports	Exports
	Total
January	108 778	108 294	-484	107 709	107 485	-224	99.0	99.3
February	107 700	105 650	-2 050	121 471	125 067	3 596	112.8	118.4
March	121 251	119 576	-1 675
January - March	337 728	333 520	-4 208
April	124 014	116 372	-7 643
May	115 163	112 843	-2 320
June	114 373	111 032	-3 341
April - June	353 551	340 247	-13 304
July	122 092	110 288	-11 804
August	105 439	98 474	-6 965
September	123 460	123 857	396
July - September	350 991	332 619	-18 373
October	138 352	132 898	-5 454
November	128 345	120 059	-8 286
December	132 235	112 468	-19 768
October - December	398 932	365 425	-33 507
January - February	216 477	213 944	-2 534	229 180	232 552	3 372	105.9	108.7
January - December	1 441 202	1 371 810	-69 392
1) Corresponding period of previous year = 100.
*) 2003 data for January to December are updated, referring to 17 February 2004 closing date,
2004 data for January are preliminary, referring to 17 February 2004 closing date,
	for February are preliminary, referring to 16 March 2004 closing date.