Exports in November Up 9% Y/Y

Ljubljana, 09 January (STA) - Slovenia exported EUR 1.83bn worth of

goods in November 2011, which is up 9% year-on-year, while imports rose

3.4% to EUR 1.95bn, according to preliminary data released by the

Statistics Office on Monday.

The export-to-import ratio last November stood at 94.2%, with the

deficit standing at EUR 120m.

Goods exported to EU member states were

worth EUR 1.33bn, which represented 72.5% of total exports. Imports from

the EU meanwhile amounted to EUR 1.51bn, or 77.1% of total

imports.

Slovenia exported EUR 506.2m worth of goods to third

countries and imported EUR 446.6m from there.

In the first eleven

months of 2011, Slovenia exported EUR 18.92bn worth of goods, up 12.8%

year-on-year, while importing EUR 20.32bn or 11.9% more than in the same

period in 2010.

In the mentioned period, exports covered 93.1% of

imports, with deficit standing at EUR 1.4bn.