External Trade - July 2012

The lowest monthly turnover this year

06.09.2012
Code: r-6001-12
 




In July 2012, according to preliminary data of ‘border statistics’, current price exports and imports rose by 10.3% and 4.2%, year-on-year (y-o-y), respectively. The trade balance ended in a surplus of CZK 25.8 bn, which was by CZK 13.8 bn higher, y-o-y.

According to preliminary data of ‘border statistics’, seasonally adjusted exports grew by 2.0% while imports fell by 0.5% compared to June 2012. The development trend shows increasing exports (+1.4%) and decreasing imports (−0.2%).

Year-on-year, current prices exports and imports rose by 10.3% (CZK +22.6 bn) and 4.2% (CZK +8.8 bn) respectively. External trade turnover reached CZK 460.0 bn which was the lowest monthly value of turnover this year. Exports of entities seated in the Czech Republic increased by 10.8% (CZK +18.1 bn) and entities seated outside the Czech Republic grew by 8.5% (CZK +4.6 bn) respectively. Imports of entities seated in the Czech Republic grew by 5.4% (CZK +9.4 bn) and imports of entities seated outside the Czech Republic decreased by 1.7% (CZK −0.6 bn).

Due to depreciation of the CZK against the both main currencies, converting to EUR exports went up by 5.5% while imports fell by 0.2%. When expressed in USD, exports and imports fell by 9.1% and 14.1% respectively.

The trade balance ended in a surplus of CZK 25.8 bn which was by CZK 13.8 bn higher in comparison to the July 2011 surplus. The balance of trade of entities seated in the Czech Republic showed a surplus of CZK 0.9 bn (against a deficit of CZK 7.8 bn in July 2011), the trade balance of entities not seated in the Czech Republic recorded a surplus of CZK 24.9 bn (compared to a surplus of CZK 19.8 bn in July 2011).

Y-o-y, surplus rose in ‘machinery and transport equipment’ (by CZK 9.0 bn), ‘miscellaneous manufactured articles’ (by CZK 3.0 bn), ‘manufactured goods classified chiefly by material’ (by CZK 2.3 bn), and ‘beverages and tobacco’ (by CZK 0.2 bn). Trade balance improved in ‘crude materials, inedible, except fuels’ (by CZK 1.4 bn) as a deficit turned into a surplus. Deficit increased in ‘chemicals and related products’ (by CZK 1.7 bn) and ‘mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials’ (by CZK 0.7 bn). ‘Food and live animals’ recorded a decrease in deficit of CZK 0.2 bn.

Total 'machinery and transport equipment' exports rose by 9.6% (CZK +11.5 bn), y-o-y. Increases were observed mainly in exports of ‘road vehicles’ (by CZK +4.5 bn), ‘general industrial machinery and equipment (by CZK +2.0 bn), ‘power-generating machinery and equipment’ and ‘electrical machinery, apparatus and appliances’ (both by CZK +1.6 bn). Total 'machinery and transport equipment' imports rose by 3,0% (CZK +2.5 bn), y-o-y, of which the largest increases were posted in imports of ‘electrical machinery, apparatus and appliances’ (by CZK +2.6 bn) and ‘road vehicles’ (CZK +1.5 bn). Decreases in imports were observed in ‘office machines and automatic data-processing machines’ (by CZK −2.8 bn). ‘Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials’ imports rose by 2.1% (CZK +0.5 bn), y-o-y. Imports of crude petroleum rose by 1.3% in value but it dropped by 5.5% in volume. Natural gas imports increased (+28.3% in value and +5.2% in volume).

The trade balance with EU Member States ended a surplus of CZK 52.7 bn, which was by CZK 2.4 bn higher, y-o-y. Trade balance with non-EU countries showed a deficit of CZK 26.9 bn which was by CZK 11.4 bn lower, y-o-y. Surplus rose in trade with Germany (by CZK 4.6 bn), Slovakia (by CZK 1.2 bn) and the United States (by CZK 1.1 bn). Deficit shrank in trade with Russia (by CZK 3.0 bn) and China (by CZK 2.7 bn); and the trade balance improved in trade with the Ukraine (by CZK 1.4 bn) as a deficit turned into a surplus. On the other hand, the trade balance deteriorated in trade with Norway (by CZK 1.8 bn), the Netherlands (by CZK 1.6 bn) and Italy (by CZK 1.5 bn) as a surplus turned into a deficit.

In January – July 2012, exports and imports rose by 8.8% and 3.9% respectively. The trade balance surplus amounting to CZK 194.5 billion was up by CZK 84.7 billion, y-o-y. Surplus rose mainly in ‘machinery and transport equipment’ (by CZK 55.3 bn) and ‘manufactured goods classified chiefly by material’ (by CZK 17.4 bn). On the contrary, deficit increased in ‘chemicals and related products’ (by CZK 5.4 bn) and ‘mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials’ by CZK 3.1 bn).

The CZSO has carried out the regular annual update. The final 2011 data says, that y-o-y exports and imports grew by 13.7% to CZK 2 878.7 bn and 11.4% to CZK 2 687.6 bn respectively. The trade balance for the year 2011 reached a surplus of CZK 191.1 bn against CZK 121.2 bn in 2010.

The trade balance in national concept (methodology of balance of payments) reflecting performance of the Czech economy showed a surplus of CZK 5.9 bn in July 2012. The data on exports and imports of goods, calculated by using the VAT data according to this concept, are available in Table 8 and in the time series External trade in goods according to change of ownership (national concept).


Notes:
According to the CZSO sources data were obtained from 97.4% of companies (for goods dispatched) and 97.3% of companies (for goods arrived) obliged to report to the Intrastat system. Data for companies, exempted from the reporting duty, in accordance with the amended Decree No. 201/2005 Sb., and for companies that failed to report, have been imputed. The imputation methods are based on data of trade implemented that the companies reported in the previous period and data given in the VAT return forms.
The data for individual months of 2011 are final referring to 28 August 2012 closing date. The data for individual months of 2012 are preliminary. All data are processed from basic reporting units and subsequently rounded.
After the accession of the Czech Republic to the European Union, two systems of data collection are used as a source on external trade statistics in cross-border conception (border statistics). Extrastat records data on trade with the non-EU countries and uses some data from Single Administrative Documents. Intrastat collects data on movement of goods within the European Union for entities that are obliged to provide Intrastat data. According to legal regulations of the European Communities, entities registered for Value Added Tax have a duty to provide data for Intrastat regardless of the fact, w hether an entity is or is not seated in the Czech Republic (resident or non-resident). Detailed information is available in external trade methodology: /csu/czso/whatisexternal_trade
Responsible manager of the CZSO: Ing. Marek Rojíček, Ph.D., Director of Macroeconomic Statistics Branch, phone (+420) 274 052 486 , E-mail: marek.rojicek@czso.cz
Contact: Karel Král, Director of External Trade Statistics Department, phone (+420) 274 052 161, E-mail: karel.kral@czso.cz
Method of data collection: Intrastat forms and Single administrative documents.
End of data collection: 20 th working day after the end of the reference month
Documents available on the CZSO website: w-6001-11 External Trade of the Czech Republic –detailed breakdown (periodicity: monthly): /csu/czso/external-trade-of-the-czech-republic-december-2012-edwombu9aa
External Trade Database: /csu/czso/ep-6-opendocument
Next News Release: October 8, 2012

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  • avzo090612.doc

  • Annexes:
  • Table 1 External trade in goods in CZK million, year-on-year indices (‘border statistics’)
  • Table 2 External trade in goods by sections of SITC, in CZK million, share percentage, year-on-year indices (‘border statistics’)
  • Table 3 External trade in goods by group of countries in CZK million, share percentage, year-on-year indices (‘border statistics’)
  • Table 4 External trade in goods in EUR million, year-on-year indices (‘border statistics’)
  • Table 5 External trade in goods in USD million, year-on-year indices (‘border statistics’)
  • Table 6 Time series decomposition – exports, seasonal adjustment (‘border statistics’)
  • Table 7 Time series decomposition – imports, seasonal adjustment (‘border statistics’)
  • Table 8 Main external trade statistics indicators based on the national concept (the principle of change in ownership)
  • Table 9 External trade by the residency of reporting entities in 2011 and 2012 (border statistics)
  • Graph 1 Exports in CZK billion (‘border statistics’)
  • Graph 2 Imports in CZK billion (‘border statistics’)
  • Graph 3 Balance in CZK million, year-on-year-changes (‘border statistics’)
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Published: 06.09.2012
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