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Athens Macedonian News Agency: News in English, 13-01-25
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[01] Fuel smuggling totals 600 mln euros annually, FinMin says
[02] Greek trade deficit down 20.2 pct in Jan-Nov 2012
[01] Fuel smuggling totals 600 mln euros annually, FinMin says
AMNA -- The value of fuel smuggling in Greece totals 600 million euros
annually, despite a government decision to equate taxation on diesel
and heating oil, the Finance ministry said in a statement on Friday.
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New
Roman";color:#0F1419;mso-fareast-language: The statement was
issued after a meeting on fuel smuggling chaired by Finance
Minister Yannis Stournaras with Development Minister Costis
Hatzidakis, Merchant Marine Minister Costis Moussouroulis and
Development and Environment Deputy Ministers Thanasis Skordas
and Asimakis Papageorgiou. mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New
Roman";color:#0F1419;mso-ansi-language:EL; The meeting focused on ways
to combat fuel smuggling more efficiently.amna
[02] Greek trade deficit down 20.2 pct in Jan-Nov 2012
AMNA -- Greece's trade deficit shrank by 20.2 pct in the January-November
period last year, after falling by 22.2 pct in November, the Hellenic
Statistical Authority said on Friday.
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New
Roman";color:#0F1419;mso-fareast-language: The ELSTAT statistics service
said in a report that this development reflected a continuing shrinking
of imports and a continuing growth in exports, although at a slightly
slower rate.
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New
Roman";color:#0F1419;mso-fareast-language: The value of imports, excluding
oils, totaled 2.422 billion euros in November, from 2.652 billion in
November 2011, a decline of 8.7 pct.mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New
Roman";color:#0F1419;mso-ansi-language:EN-US; amna
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New
Roman";color:#0F1419;mso-fareast-language: The value of exports -
excluding oils - totaled 1.533 billion euros, from 1.509 billion
in November 2011, an increase of 1.6 pct. This left the country
with a trade deficit of 889 million euros in November, from 1.143
billion euros in November 2011, a decline of 22.2 pct."Times New
Roman";color:#0F1419;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language: amna
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New
Roman";color:#0F1419;mso-fareast-language: The value of imports -
excluding oils - totaled 27.715 billion euros in January-November,
down 7.0 pct from the same period in 2011, while the value of exports
- excluding oils - totaled 15.654 billion euros, 6.7 pct higher from
November 2011. The trade deficit totaled 12.061 billion euros in the
11-month period, down 20.2 pct from the same period in 2011.
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