Seasonally-adjusted merchandise exports for July 2005 increased from €6.9bn to €7bn (+1%) with respect to June 2005 and imports decreased from €4.6bn to €4.5bn (-3%), according to the Central Statistics Office.
On the same basis, June 2005 exports fell from €7.4bn in May to €6.9bn (-7%) while imports rose from €4.4bn to €4.6bn (+5%).
When compared with the same month in the previous year, the unadjusted exports for July 2005 decreased by €143m (-2%) to €6.9bn while June decreased by €93m (-1%) to €7.6bn.
Similarly, the year-on-year imports for July increased by €132m (+3%) to €4.2bn and June increased by €304m (+7%) to €4.5bn.