PRESS RELEASE: 9714-156/10

January to April 2010: positive rate of change in imports and exports

Vienna, 2010-07-09 – According to preliminary results by Statistics Austria, total imports amounted to 34.03 bn euro and total exports amounted to 32.53 bn euro in the period from January to April 2010. Austrian imports increased by 5.8% and Austrian exports rose by 7.1% compared to the same period in 2009. The global foreign trade balance showed a deficit of 1.51 bn euro.

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