Serbia's January-April external trade at approx. 22.25 bln euros

BELGRADE - Serbia's external goods trade in January-April totalled approx. 22.25 bln euros, which is a 1.3 pct increase y-o-y, according to figures released by the national statistical office.

Goods exports were worth nearly 9.78 bln euros, rising by 1.4 pct y-o-y, while imports totalled 12.47 bln euros, rising by 1.3 pct y-o-y.

The deficit was 2.691 bln euros, up by 0.7 pct y-o-y.

The export-import ratio was 78.4 pct, up from 78.3 pct in the same period of last year.

External goods trade was the highest with countries with which Serbia has free trade agreements and EU member states accounted for 61.1 pct of the total.

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