Croatia’s foreign trade deficit decreased in September from a month ago, figures from the Croatian Bureau of Statistics showed Wednesday.

The trade deficit narrowed to EUR 578.8 million in September from EUR 623.8 million in August. A year ago, the shortfall was EUR 631.2 million.

Merchandise exports totaled EUR 1.09 billion in September, up notably from EUR 773.08 million in the prior month. Similarly, imports rose to EUR 1.67 billion from EUR 1.4 billion.

During the first nine months of the year, total trade deficit of the country came in at EUR 5.38 billion.

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