Argentina reported a positive trade balance of US$1.369 billion in December 2018, which resulted in a deficit of US$2018 billion in 3.820, the National Institute of Statistics and Census (INDEC) said on Tuesday (22.1.2019), a figure higher than expected by analysts.
Exports and imports
Exports in December 2018 totaled US$5.282 billion, which meant a year-on-year increase of 15,4%.
Imports totaled US$3.913 billion, 27,1% less than in the same month last year.
The end of 2018 showed exports of US$61.621 billion, 5,1% more than the previous year, and imports of US$65.441 billion, which represented a 2,2% drop compared to 2017.
2017
A deficit of US$786 million the Argentine trade balance had registered in December 2017.
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