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Athens News Agency: News in English, 09-11-18
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[01] Current accounts deficit stats
[01] Current accounts deficit stats
(ANA-MPA) -- Greece's current accounts deficit fell by 25.3 pct, or
6.21 billion euros, in the January-September period this year, totaling
18.332 billion euros, and in comparison with the corresponding period
last year, the Bank of Greece announced on Wednesday.
The central bank, in a report, said this development reflected mainly a
major decline in the trade deficit and to a lesser extent, a decline in
the incomes deficit, while the services and current transfers deficits
also recorded a significant fall.
The country's trade deficit fell by 11 billion euros in the nine-month
period, reflecting a 5.712-billion-euro drop in the trade deficit of
goods, a 3.968-billion-euros decline in fuel imports and an
1.320-billion-euros fall in net payments for the purchase of ships.
Import payments fell 24.6 pct, while export receipts fell by 18.6 pct
in the January-September period.
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