BOSNIAN TRADE DEFICIT REACHES 7 BILLION BOSNIAN MARKS

SARAJEVO, Bosnia (October 21,2008) - The Bosnian trade exchange total amounted to 2,093,300,000 Bosnian Marks in September, it has been announced by the Bosnian State Statistics Agency. Export accounted for 616 billion Bosnian Marks or 29.5 per cent of that and import for 1.5 billion Bosnian Marks or 70.5 per cent. The export/import ratio was 41.8 per cent.

The nine-month export was worth around 5 billion Bosnian Marks, or 16.7 per cent more than same time last year, while import was up by 22.3 per cent and worth to 12 billion Bosnian Marks. During the same period, the export/import ratio was 41.7 per cent, and Bosnia’s trade deficit reached 7 billion Bosnian Marks.
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