KSH: foreign trade volume increased again in May

In May – after the decline of the last two months – the volume of exports increased by 4.4, the volume of imports by 2.8 percent compared to the base period – The Central Statistics Office (KSH) announced on Wednesday.

Calculated in euros, exports increased by 1.9 percent, imports by 2.8 percent in May, compared to a year earlier.

In the first five months of the year, the volume of exports was 1.5 percent, the volume of imports was 0.5 percent higher than in the same period of last year.

The January-May value of export was 9792 billion HUF (33.08 billion euros), the January-May value of import was 8,961 billion HUF (30.254 billion euros). (MTI)