External trade, 1997-2000
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External trade turnover, 1997-2000
/mln. USD/
Periods Total turnover Exports Imports Balance (+, -)
1997 I-XII 919.8 451.5 468.3 -16.8
1998 I-XII 848.4 345.2 503.3 -158.1
1999 I-XII 871.1 358.3 512.8 -154.5
 
2000 I 37.2 16.5 20.7 -4.2
II 62.8 28.6 34.2 -5.7
III 68.3 26.6 41.7 -15.1
IV 103.1 43.0 60.2 -17.2
V 73.0 26.2 46.8 -20.5
VI 127.3 68.8 58.5 10.4
VII 72.0 32.6 39.5 -6.9
VIII 101.2 41.6 59.6 -18.0
IX 100.4 45.9 54.5 -8.6
X 77.6 37.0 40.6 -3.6
XI 99.7 40.2 59.5 -19.3
XII 83.7 25.3 58.4 -33.1
I-XII* 1,006.5 432.3 574.2 -141.9
2000 I-XII%
1999 I-XII%
115.5 120.7 112.0 -

Note:
* Preliminary estimates 

Exports, 1997-2000
by countries
/thous. USD/
Countries 1997 1998 1999* 2000
I-XII XII I-XII XII
Total 451,542.7 345,150.3 358,320.7 58,656.7 432,338.5 25,308.8
Australia 117.3 18.7 557.7 2.0 12.2 -
Austria 111.6 5.3 26.8 0.3 8.0 2.5
USA 25,404.8 29,402.5 46,315.2 199.4 85,804.9 2,234.7
Aruba 19.6 53.5 16.8 2.0 - -
Nepal 6.9 110.8 414.0 98.7 484.6 82.5
Belgium 1,290.9 3,435.6 904.1 106.3 1,608.7 142.5
Bulgaria 1.2 13.3 6.5 - 1.5 -
Viet Nam 37.1 - 3.9 - 1.5 -
Germany 6,261.6 2,138.8 2,354.2 82.8 1,943.4 11.1
Hong Kong 1,658.2 - - - - -
Denmark 566.7 43.8 4.0 0.3 8.0 -
Egypt - - - - 16.0 -
Israel - 69.2 - - - -
Jordan - 554.0 302.4 201.6 - -
Ireland 9.0 735.7 - - 275.8 86.4
Spain - 0.1 0.2 0.2 66.7 -
Italy 11,353.4 10,050.9 14,625.9 3,609.6 13,493.5 165.0
United Kingdom 23,946.4 12,782.3 13,556.3 1,343.8 11,159.4 -
Zimbabwe - 34.1 - - - -
Kazakhstan 707.0 487.8 331.5 192.8 619.8 140.8
Canada 44.6 172.3 393.0 8.7 793.1 48.5
Cyprus 64.4 - - - - -
Kyrgyzstan 219.6 - - - - -
Columbia - - - - 17.9 -
Kuwait 56.3 48.5 110.4 - 238.0 -
Lebanon - 131.2 79.8 22.8 190.5 17.6
Luxembourg - - - - 20.6 -
Macau 186.1 928.7 - - - -
Malaysia - - 63.6 63.6 10.4 -
Mexico - - 1,384.9 737.7 650.9 -
Netherlands 2,653.8 3,493.1 3,664.9 89.8 3,400.9 -
Norway - 232.1 0.3 - - -
Russian Federation 46,644.2 40,585.8 48,220.4 13,444.3 38,385.6 2,601.3
Panama 92.8 - - - - -
Poland 839.4 19.6 24.4 3.7 21.4 -
Saudi Arabia 490.0 - - - - -
Singapore 9.7 1,278.1 904.0 1.5 103.3 -
Slovakia - - 10.9 1.3 21.2 -
Dem. Rep. of Korea 86.0 24.9 230.5 - - -
Republic of Korea 44,329.2 33,241.9 2,114.4 390.6 2,668.4 229.0
Taiwan 4,334.6 6,916.7 55.5 - 0.3 -
Turkey 29.3 153.8 399.4 188.5 803.9 93.1
Turkmenistan - 20.0 - - - -
Uzbekistan 31.5 11.6 - - 2.4 -
Ukraine 20.5 62.7 31.4 7.5 26.5 7.9
Hungary 48.6 0.9 7.7 - 26.9 6.2
Finland 16.2 3,831.1 - - - -
France 472.8 289.6 685.3 47.3 1,807.8 2.9
Croatia - 308.8 - - - -
China 101,642.3 110,130.5 208,177.0 36,543.2 258,269.2 19,085.2
Czech Republic 1.5 46.9 108.8 14.0 10.5 -
Sweden 9.2 18.4 13.0 - 11.4 -
Switzerland 139,771.9 70,528.0 578.6 0.5 817.6 1.2
United Arab Emirates 35.0 - 117.2 - - -
India 261.6 134.2 633.3 135.0 421.0 -
Japan 37,659.5 12,598.4 10,890.8 1,115.5 8,107.6 350.4
Other 0.4 6.1 1.7 1.4 7.2 -

Note: 
* Since 1st of January, 1999 the export data is defined by the recipient countries 

Exports, 1997-2000
by groups of commodities
/thous. USD/
Groups of commodities 1997 1998 1999 2000
I-XII XII I-XII XII
Total 451,542.7 345,150.3 358,320.7 58,656.7 432,338.5 25,308.8
Live animals, animals origin products 18,664.2 18,793.2 21,864.5 4,618.7 20,416.4 2,229.4
Vegetable origin products 359.8 370.8 68.0 19.8 107.9 23.2
Animal & vegetable fat & oil 18.8 34.0 1.4 - 45.7 14.0
Food products 2,000.0 2,837.6 2,552.6 557.7 473.0 89.4
Mineral products 251,443.6 156,287.2 146,837.2 28,551.3 171,470.8 16,128.6
Chemical & chemical industry products 1,040.2 129.8 457.2 0.6 105.9 2.0
Plastics, rubber, & articles thereof 104.7 238.1 137.4 2.2 1,494.1 641.0
Raw & processed hides, skins, fur& articles thereof 26,710.2 27,592.4 30,045.3 12,647.6 39,961.0 1,837.4
Wood & wooden articles 21,142.4 34,584.3 5,509.8 116.9 859.6 15.7
Cellulose, paper, cardboard & articles thereof 107.0 163.5 163.5 51.0 122.6 6.2
Textiles & textile articles 96,574.4 77,872.0 77,872.0 10,190.9 181,829.8 3,691.1
Footwear, headwear , umbrellas, feather & artificial flowers 79.6 142.3 161.1 55.9 54.6 5.5
Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, glass & glassware 507.4 39.7 46.5 6.7 1,461.4 26.8
Natural or cultured stones, precious metal, jewellery 26.0 6,543.0 3,124.1 320.5 6,075.2 -
Base metals & articles thereof 21,851.6 11,002.9 8,269.3 906.1 5,499.7 345.4
Machinery, equipment, electric appliances, recorders, TV sets & spare parts 6,539.0 5,751.1 6,813.2 393.2 1,281.2 172.7
Auto, air & water transport vehicles & their spare parts 3,845.9 2,262.9 3,679.8 187.4 278.1 50.1
Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring control, medical, surgical & musical instruments, watches 346.2 377.2 519.7 9.6 580.6 30.0
Various industrial goods 169.3 119.3 767.6 20.4 202.3 -
Other 12.4 9.0 23.4 0.2 18.6 0.3

Imports, 1997-2000
by countries
/thous. USD/
Countries 1997 1998 1999 2000
I-XII XII I-XII XII
Total 468,276.2 503,297.5 512,785.5 139,953.8 574,167.6 58,419.0
Australia 823.3 2,526.2 499.5 59.9 1,154.3 29.1
Austria 1,450.5 15,858.5 398.3 24.9 1,863.5 22.2
USA 36,556.8 36,395.7 31,479.3 4,290.8 24,352.3 8,584.4
Argentina 29.7 92.9 - - 4.8 -
Afghanistan - - - - 749.3 -
Belarus 874.9 1,404.9 2,398.9 37.0 3,785.0 611.0
Belgium 1,357.3 2,087.3 1,976.8 308.8 2,387.4 157.6
Bulgaria 3,285.0 4,061.7 3,243.5 369.8 3,332.5 556.1
Brazil 142.5 73.7 100.5 29.4 61.9 19.6
Viet Nam 2,647.9 3,014.6 1,712.7 277.5 1,549.4 41.7
Germany 20,371.9 25,904.0 23,623.8 4,466.9 28,208.7 1,799.9
Hong Kong 2,784.2 - - - - -
Greece 2.4 57.6 13.4 6.2 159.8 -
Georgia 270.3 469.3 253.7 16.2 449.3 38.8
Denmark 13,456.3 790.0 3,041.9 1,273.1 4,386.5 242.3
Egypt - 53.2 10.9 - 20.0 -
Israel 418.3 29.5 57.4 - 1,473.5 362.6
Indonesia 436.2 721.0 1,900.4 302.5 2,565.3 238.4
Ireland 176.4 324.4 100.9 5.8 98.1 1.4
Iceland 64.7 - - - - -
Spain - 461.5 239.5 - 239.7 4.2
Italy 29,672.6 3,405.8 4,488.4 213.0 2,902.0 378.5
United Kingdom 5,062.7 3,589.4 3,882.7 332.3 5,959.1 237.1
Kazakhstan 1,795.8 3,286.6 684.6 29.4 6,775.3 324.9
Canada 1,011.3 427.4 2,544.6 126.5 913.2 50.6
Cyprus 30.1 62.9 - - - -
Kyrgyzstan 998.6 1,356.0 1,503.2 387.4 1,181.8 153.2
Cuba - - - - 10.5 -
Latvia 184.4 107.0 27.0 - 132.2 1.6
Lithuania 126.8 86.0 5.9 - 11.3 -
Luxembourg 2.0 19.5 - - - -
Malaysia 864.1 1,459.0 1,858.4 123.5 2,368.8 133.9
Republic of Moldova 52.5 - - - - -
Niger 41.0 - - - - -
Netherlands 1,151.0 1,675.6 981.1 101.0 2,644.4 211.8
Norway 153.4 809.1 41.8 - 139.9 -
Russian Federation 165,944.5 150,243.9 149,821.8 26,261.1 186,184.3 20,823.0
Pakistan 128.9 393.9 28.9 - 134.0 -
Panama - - 31.9 - - -
Poland 4,945.8 6,782.2 4,500.0 608.6 4,885.2 244.9
Portugal 42.8 51.2 - - 0.7 -
Romania 278.3 2,637.0 15.0 1.9 9.2 -
Singapore 17,581.4 17,275.2 9,144.4 1,199.1 10,409.8 436.7
Slovakia 93.9 122.0 135.7 1.9 51.8 -
Dem. Rep. of Korea 21.8 59.4 20.6 20.6 1.5 -
Republic of Korea 20,556.4 37,655.6 36,235.6 5,288.7 54,464.6 6,663.8
Taiwan 3,135.4 3,948.6 4,186.8 258.5 2,465.2 182.0
Thailand 373.3 603.9 493.7 102.3 1,399.4 98.7
Turkey 345.4 441.3 264.7 16.8 985.7 93.8
Turkmenistan 259.1 171.6 39.7 16.8 - -
Uzbekistan 83.5 134.5 129.2 - - -
Ukraine 1,450.8 1,486.5 1,571.4 164.6 1,031.6 138.0
Hungary 1,736.5 2,028.1 1,394.5 164.9 1,659.1 40.0
Philippines 46.8 8.9 4.2 - 21.4 0.5
Finland 1,884.2 6,155.3 5,666.4 1,016.9 4,675.6 481.4
France 10,765.9 26,545.2 8,494.7 1,944.2 8,156.7 1,138.7
China 63,267.3 66,573.9 77,553.3 16,367.2 118,918.9 10,233.9
Croatia - 34.4 - - - -
Czech Republic 7,273.5 6,661.5 4,919.9 433.7 3,430.7 190.2
Sweden 4,504.4 324.7 1,010.2 4.5 593.3 1.2
Switzerland 1,439.4 1,160.9 2,325.2 390.5 2,992.4 385.8
Sri Lanka 8.1 - - - 714.8 -
New Zealand 11.7 21.6 712.7 651.3 758.4 9.4
United Arab Emirates - - 99.4 - - -
India 711.5 1,531.3 1,813.0 602.7 1,738.2 161.3
Estonia 298.6 314.8 82.0 - 74.6 -
Yugoslavia 92.9 64.8 - - 0.8 -
Japan 34,674.1 59,252.6 115,020.7 71,655.1 68,524.6 2,894.8
Other 25.1 2.4 0.8 - 5.3 -

Imports, 1997-2000
by groups of commodities
/thous. USD/
Groups of commodities 1997 1998 1999 2000
I-XII XII I-XII XII
Total 468,276.2 503,297.5 512,785.5 139,953.8 574,167.6 58,419.0
Live animals, animals origin products 1,253.3 1,376.7 1,109.9 143.5 1,673.9 155.7
Vegetable origin products 32,032.2 26,748.4 17,994.3 2,277.3 41,744.8 10,543.1
Animal & vegetable fat & oil 4,959.5 6,120.7 5,611.3 615.0 5,961.4 297.6
Food products 38,230.9 46,623.8 36,115.7 5,255.3 43,664.6 4,672.0
Mineral products 91,191.4 91,265.8 85,223.8 13,977.1 106,641.2 12,696.1
Chemical & chemical industry products 26,322.5 29,409.7 20,171.5 3,769.7 26,891.8 2,000.1
Plastics, rubber, & articles thereof 11,753.8 10,322.0 12,606.5 2,418.4 13,118.8 1,184.4
Raw & processed hides, skins, fur& articles thereof 735.2 178.4 427.8 26.5 169.6 4.8
Wood & wooden articles 3,969.0 1,828.5 937.4 103.4 1,650.0 71.9
Cellulose, paper, cardboard & articles thereof 6,380.0 7,665.4 6,164.4 770.6 8,529.6 599.9
Textiles & textile articles 26,523.0 31,475.7 46,227.8 9,247.8 76,176.2 4,780.4
Footwear, headwear , umbrellas, feather & artificial flowers 1,318.0 2,299.2 1,195.3 158.2 1,793.7 121.8
Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, glass & glassware 6,239.8 4,975.1 4,428.6 738.8 5,120.2 276.6
Natural or cultured stones, precious metal, jewellery 14.4 14.1 23.9 - 23.0 1.8
Base metals & articles thereof 32,789.4 28,212.3 19,293.1 4,329.0 21,859.7 2,182.2
Machinery, equipment, electric appliances, recorders, TV sets & spare parts 124,888.4 127,050.2 176,693.6 76,253.7 126,229.7 11,748.8
Auto, air & water transport vehicles & their spare parts 45,170.1 67,822.4 54,390.1 11,443.2 63,492.1 6,149.7
Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring control, medical, surgical & musical instruments, watches 7,733.3 11,632.1 17,188.4 7,423.5 20,727.6 438.3
Various industrial goods 6,479.3 7,556.3 6,793.6 988.9 8,345.9 490.8
Other 292.7 720.7 188.5 13.9 353.8 3.0




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