in June 2019 —the highest figure posted so far— thus reaching US$2.388 billion in the first half of this year, Central Reserve Bank (BCR) has reported.
Exports totaled US$3.985 billion in the sixth month of the present year.
Therefore,
non-traditional exports amounted to US$1.102 billion in June, a 0.7% expansion compared to the same month last year.
This result was mainly underpinned by the farming and chemical sectors.
Traditional exports
Furthermore, imports totaled US$3.183 billion in the sixth month. Purchases of capital goods increased 4.1%, but those of inputs and consumer goods fell.
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