Foreign Trade: „We are on the Right Way“

People ♦ Published: April 7, 2012; 12:44 ♦ (Vindobona)

Christoph Leitl, President of the Austrian Chamber of Commerce comments the export development: “The data of January show that we are on the right way.”

Foreign Trade: „We are on the Right Way“ / Picture: © Wirtschaftsbund / Christoph Leitl

In spite of difficult framework conditions, the foreign trade volume in January was up again. In January 2012, Austrian exports rose by 7.4% to € 9.34bn. The global foreign trade balance showed a deficit of € 0.72bn. In January 2011, the deficit was € 0.95bn.

“The satisfying development of the foreign trade volume in January shows that we are on the right way. In light of…