Austria: Significant Drop in Trade Deficit

PoliticsBrussels ♦ Published: August 9, 2013; 11:20 ♦ (Vindobona)

A drop of 3.2 percent in imports and an increase of 1.1 percent in exports from January to May 2013 make the trade deficit decrease by more than € 2bn.

Austria: Significant Drop in Trade Deficit / Picture: © Wikimedia Commons / Danny Cornelissen [http://www.portpictures.nl]

The Austrian trade deficit has dropped by almost one one third in the first five months of this year compared to the same period last year. Exports increased 1.1 percent to € 51.85bn while at the same time imports decreased 3.2 percent to € 53.16bn. Therefore, the trade deficit decreased from € 3.63bn to € 1.31bn, according to reports published by Statistik Austria on…