Çek Cumhuriyeti - Cari İşlemler

The current account surplus in the Czech Republic widened to EUR 1,319 million in the second quarter of 2019 from EUR 207.1 million in the same period of the previous year. The goods and services surplus increased to EUR 4,592 million from EUR 4,051 million a year ago while the primary income shortfall narrowed to EUR 3,182.7 million from EUR 3,347.4 million. In addition, the secondary income gap fell to EUR 90.3 million from EUR 496.6 million.

The Czech current account surplus narrowed to EUR 1.73 billion in the first quarter of 2019 from EUR 2.02 billion in the same period last year, as the goods surplus decreased to EUR 3.00 billion from EUR 3.19 billion while the secondary income deficit rose to EUR 1.05 billion from EUR 0.80 billion. Meanwhile, the services surplus widened to EUR 1.36 billion from EUR 1.23 billion a year ago while the primary income gap shrank to EUR 1.59 billion from EUR 1.60 billion.

The current account surplus in the Czech Republic widened to EUR 431 million in the fourth quarter of 2018 from EUR 200 million in the same period of the previous year. The secondary income account posted a EUR 151 million surplus, compared to a EUR 122 million deficit a year earlier; and the primary income gap narrowed to EUR 2,286 million from EUR 2,500 million. Meanwhile, the goods surplus decreased to EUR 1,409 million from EUR 1,582 million a year ago and the services surplus declined to EUR 1,158 million from EUR 1,240 million. Considering 2018 full year, the current account surplus narrowed sharply to EUR 624 million from EUR 3,051 million in 2017.