Belarus achieved a positive balance in foreign trade in goods and services in January - National Bank

March 10, Minsk /BELTA/. The positive balance of Belarus' foreign trade in goods and services in January of the current year amounted to $123.7 million. This data was published on the website of the National Bank of Belarus, reports a BELTA correspondent. In January 2009, the balance of foreign trade in goods and services was negative, amounting to $323.9 million. According to the National Bank, by the end of the first month of 2010, Belarus' foreign trade turnover in goods and services increased by 18.1% compared to the same period last year, reaching $4.035 billion. Exports increased by 34.5% to $2.079 billion, and imports by 4.6% to $1.956 billion. The volume of Belarus' foreign trade in goods in January of the current year reached $3.578 billion, which is 17.8% higher than the level of the first month of 2009. Of this, exports amounted to $1.781 billion (an increase of 37.8%), and imports - $1.797 billion (an increase of 3%). The negative balance of trade in goods was $16.5 million, compared to $452.1 million in January of last year. The volume of foreign trade in services in January 2010 increased by 20.4% to $457.4 million. Exports increased by 17.6% to $298.8 million, and imports by 26% to $158.6 million. The positive balance of trade in services reached $140.2 million, which is $12 million higher than the figure for the same period last year. -0-