Hungary had a EUR 1.459 billion trade surplus for the quarter, with a EUR 1.182 bln surplus in trade of goods and a EUR 277 mln surplus in trade of services.
The primary income balance was negative EUR 711 mln, impacted by FDI, while the secondary income balance was negative EUR 303 mln.
Capital transfers from the European Union came to around EUR 722 mln for the quarter.
MNB will release a first reading of quarterly current-account data for Q1 on June 21.
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