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Algeria achieves $166 million commercial surplus in August
Algeria, Economics, 10/11/1999
Official statistics showed yesterday that Algeria achieved a commercial surplus of $166 million in August of this year due to the increase of petroleum prices in the international markets.
Statements of the national bureau for statistics showed that exports reached $883 million last month, with an increase of 20.70% in comparison to August 1988, while the imports reached $717 million, 4.78% less than in the same period of last year.
Figures showed that more than 97% of the exports' total value came from and petroleum sales abroad.
The bureau said the value of gas and petroleum sales in August 1999 reached $857 million, an increase of 20.7% over August 1998.
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