Foreign trade surplus can reach 9.5 billion euros this year

The foreign trade surplus can reach 9.5 billion euros this year, so it can lag just a bit behind the 9.935 billion euros of last year, according to experts interviewed by MTI.

The Central Statistical Office (KSH) announced Tuesday morning that in June exports decreased by 4.5 percent, while imports were 6.5 percent higher than in the previous year, while the surplus decreased by 97 million euros to 1,060 billion euros. In the first half of the year, exports increased by 9.9 percent and imports in euro by 11.3 percent compared to the same period last year, while the trade surplus was down by 41.3 million euros to 5.377 billion euros. (MTI)