In the period January - April 2011 the Bulgarian exports to third countries increased by 48.6% compared to the corresponding period of the previous year and exceeded 4.9 billion levs while the imports increased by 31.6% and reached to 5.7 billion levs.
In the period January - April 2011 the total value of the exported goods (both for third countries and EU) amounted to 12.5 billion levs and compared to the corresponding period of 2010 the exports increased by 50.4% while the total value of the imported goods was for 13.5 billion levs and increased by 27.4%.
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