In August, the export and import volumes each increased by 15%. The value of exports amounted to EUR 7.2 billion and that of imports to EUR 6.6 bln. In euro terms, exports increased by 12% and imports by 11%, the KSH reported.

The volume of machinery and transport equipment increased by 18% in exports and 17% in imports, the KSH said. Export and import volumes of manufactured goods were up by 15% and 17%, respectively. The import volume of fuels and electricity decreased by 2%, while the export volume of food, beverages and tobacco increased by 4.1% and their import volume by 12%, the KSH reported.

In August, the volume of exports and imports to EU member states increased by 15%. In extra-EU trade, the volume of exports increased by 16% and that of imports by 12%. The trade balance with this group of countries improved by EUR 106 mln and the surplus was EUR 38 mln, the KSH said.

In the January-August period, the value of exports amounted to EUR 60.9 bln and that of imports to EUR 54.3 bln. Compared to the same period a year earlier, the volume of exports increased by 5.2% and that of imports by 5.9%, the KSH said. The surplus on the trade balance in the eight-month period increased by EUR 1.046 mln and amounted to EUR 6.6 bln.

The forint price level of external trade in goods decreased by 0.7% in exports and by 2.9% in imports, the KSH said, adding that the terms of trade improved by 2.3%. The forint exchange rate depreciated by 1.3% against the euro and by 1.2% against the U.S. dollar.