ZAGREB, June 3 (Hina) - In the period between the start of this year and the end of April, Croatia exported 13.24 billion kuna or US$1.88 billion in goods to foreign markets, while the country's imports in the said period amounted to
29.08 billion kuna or US$4.13 billion.
ZAGREB, June 3 (Hina) - In the period between the start of this year
and the end of April, Croatia exported 13.24 billion kuna or US$1.88
billion in goods to foreign markets, while the country's imports in
the said period amounted to 29.08 billion kuna or US$4.13 billion.
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According to preliminary data of the Central Bureau of Statistics,
Croatia's foreign trade deficit in this year's first four months
exceeded the amount of exports totalling 15.84 billion kuna or
US$2.25 billion. Exports, however, covered only 45.5 percent of
imports.
Expressed in kuna, Croatia's total exports in the first four months
of 2003 increased by 7.3 percent in relation to the same period the
year before, while imports increased by 13.2 percent.
Due to a significant drop in the value of the U.S. dollar in relation
to kuna (approx. 16.8 percent), foreign trade increase rates
expressed in dollars are significantly higher that those expressed
in kuna.
Expressed in dollars, Croatia's exports in the first four months
increased by 29 percent, while imports rose by 36.1 percent as
against the same period in 2002.
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