Kosovo '04 Trade Gap Widens 7.3 % Y/Y - Table

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PRISTINA (Serbia and Montenegro), March 31 (SeeNews) - The trade deficit of the UN-run southern Serbian province of Kosovo rose by 7.3 % last year, reaching one billion euro ($1.3 billion), the Kosovo Statistics Office reported on Thursday.

KOSOVO TRADE BALANCE (in millions of euro)

..........................'04..............'03

Exports................56.6..........35.6

Imports...........1,063..........973.3

Balance..........-1,006.........-937.7

NOTE: Kosovo, population around two million, is still part of the loose union of Serbia and Montenegro, which succeeded rump Yugoslavia two years ago. The province has been administered by the United Nations since 1999.

($=0.7688 euro)

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