| Table 4 | ||||||||
| External trade in 2004 and 2005, by month | ||||||||
| USD million FOB/CIF (current prices) 2) | ||||||||
| Period | 2004 | 2005 | Index 1) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Exports | Imports | Balance | Exports | Imports | Balance | Exports | Imports | |
| Total | ||||||||
| January | 4 165 | 4 160 | 5 | 6 084 | 5 545 | 539 | 146.1 | 133.3 |
| February | 4 843 | 4 663 | 180 | 6 136 | 5 860 | 276 | 126.7 | 125.7 |
| March | 5 303 | 5 419 | -116 | 6 927 | 6 570 | 357 | 130.6 | 121.2 |
| January - March | 14 311 | 14 242 | 69 | 19 147 | 17 976 | 1 171 | 133.8 | 126.2 |
| April | 5 475 | 5 868 | -393 | 6 728 | 6 717 | 11 | 122.9 | 114.5 |
| May | 5 834 | 5 813 | 21 | 6 617 | 6 344 | 273 | 113.4 | 109.1 |
| June | 6 001 | 5 952 | 49 | 6 689 | 6 346 | 342 | 111.5 | 106.6 |
| April - June | 17 309 | 17 632 | -323 | 20 034 | 19 408 | 626 | 115.7 | 110.1 |
| July | 5 258 | 5 540 | -283 | 5 531 | 5 485 | 46 | 105.2 | 99.0 |
| August | 5 083 | 5 212 | -128 | 6 154 | 6 233 | -79 | 121.1 | 119.6 |
| September | 6 106 | 6 014 | 92 | 6 965 | 6 795 | 169 | 114.1 | 113.0 |
| July - September | 16 447 | 16 766 | -319 | 18 650 | 18 514 | 136 | 113.4 | 110.4 |
| October | 6 286 | 6 355 | -69 | |||||
| November | 6 885 | 6 874 | 11 | |||||
| December | 5 955 | 6 375 | -420 | |||||
| October - December | 19 126 | 19 604 | -478 | |||||
| January - September | 48 068 | 48 641 | -573 | 57 830 | 55 898 | 1 933 | 120.3 | 114.9 |
| January - December | 67 194 | 68 245 | -1 051 | |||||
| 1) Corresponding period of previous year = 100. | ||||||||
| 2) For corversion to USD is used the average monthly rate of exchange released by the CNB. | ||||||||