KSH: Growth in consumption and investment increase improve imports

The value of exports in euro was 6.1 percent higher in November last year, compared to the previous year, while imports increased by 7.8 percent in November last year.

The trade surplus became 718 million euros, 79 million euros less in November last year, according to a first estimate of the Central Statistical Office (KSH) . Export growth rate slowed down from the 11.5 percent export growth rate of October 2017, and from the 17.1 percent import growth rate of last October.