Hungary: Foreign Trade Declines

BusinessForeign Trade ♦ Published: November 8, 2012; 15:12 ♦ (Vindobona)

External trade in goods, preliminary results, January–September 2012: Balance of external trade shows surplus of HUF 211 billion.

Hungary: Foreign Trade Declines / Picture: © Wikimedia Commons / Danny Cornelissen [http://www.portpictures.nl]

In the ninth month of the year the exports and imports in HUF terms decreased by 4.6% and 4.8%, respectively compared to 2011 September. The HUF 211 billion surplus of the balance was slightly below the surplus in the corresponding period of the previous year.

In September 2012, according to first estimates, exports amounted to HUF 1,935 billion…