Chile

Balance of Payments - Second Quarter 2002

The numbers in detail

In the second quarter, the current account of the balance of payments registered a surplus of US$ 101 Million. This surplus was below the US$ 313 Million recorded in the first quarter this year but above the US$ 203 deficit in the same period last year. The improvement of the current account over the same period last year was mainly due to a higher surplus in the trade balance, which, in turn, resulted from lower imports whereas exports remained virtually unchanged. In addition, the deficit of the income balance also remained below the level in Q1 2001.
 

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