Serbia's January-September external trade at 487 bln euros

BELGRADE - Serbia's external goods trade between January and September totalled 487.04 bln euros, which is a 1.3 pct decline y-o-y, according to figures released by the national statistical office.

Serbia's main export partners were Germany, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Italy, Hungary and Romania and its main import partners were Germany, China, Italy, Russia and Turkey.

Goods exports were worth 21,503.3 mln euros, rising by 5.6 pct y-o-y.

Goods imports totalled 27,201.5 mln euros, declining by 6.1 pct y-o-y.

The deficit amounted to 5,698.2 mln euros, down by 33.9 pct y-o-y.

The import-to-export ratio was 79.0 pct, up from 70.1 pct in the same period of last year.

The Vojvodina region had the largest share of exports (33.1 pct) and the Belgrade region had the largest share of imports (42.9 pct).