KSH: Slight increase in the foreign trade market turnover in February

In February this year, the volume of exports exceeded last year’s datas by 1.1, while the volume of imports by 1.4 percent. In the first two months the volume of exports increased by 3.4 percent, the volume of imports by 2.2 percent, compared to the same period of last year – the Central Statistical Office (KSH) reported on Thursday.

The  export value in January-February 2012 was 3867 billion HUF (12.873 billion euros), while the value of import was 3,541 billion HUF (11.762 billion euros). The trade balance surplus was 326 billion HUF (1.110 billion euros) 25.2 billion HUF(EUR 182 million) less than in the same period in 2011.  (MTI)