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Table 1: Current account of the euro area

(EUR billions unless otherwise indicated; transactions; working day and seasonally adjusted data)

Cumulated figures for the 12-month period ending 2017 2018
Apr. 2017 Apr. 2018 Apr. May June Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr.
Source: ECB.
CURRENT ACCOUNT 361.3 413.7 22.9 30.2 24.5 34.8 41.8 39.2 35.1 36.5 34.3 39.6 36.6 32.8 28.4
Memo: as a percentage of GDP 3.3 3.7
Credit 3,732.4 3,946.0 318.6 325.3 321.2 324.6 333.2 330.9 327.3 331.8 337.7 331.0 324.8 330.0 328.4
Debit 3,371.1 3,532.3 295.7 295.1 296.7 289.9 291.5 291.7 292.2 295.2 303.4 291.4 288.2 297.2 300.0
Goods 347.2 353.9 25.3 27.8 30.0 28.4 30.9 33.3 29.3 31.3 33.5 29.2 28.8 30.3 21.0
Credit (exports) 2,173.5 2,317.3 183.9 189.7 187.3 188.5 192.2 194.8 192.3 197.0 201.2 197.0 192.9 194.1 190.4
Debit (imports) 1,826.3 1,963.5 158.5 161.9 157.3 160.1 161.3 161.5 163.0 165.7 167.6 167.7 164.1 163.7 169.5
Services 46.1 106.1 6.8 5.5 6.7 8.6 10.0 9.6 9.6 8.7 10.5 8.9 9.1 9.4 9.6
Credit (exports) 800.8 860.4 69.6 69.1 70.5 71.1 71.8 71.7 72.0 71.8 73.3 71.9 71.7 73.6 71.9
Debit (imports) 754.7 754.3 62.8 63.6 63.9 62.5 61.7 62.1 62.4 63.2 62.9 63.0 62.5 64.2 62.4
Primary income 115.2 92.0 8.2 8.4 1.7 11.5 12.4 9.5 8.2 8.4 1.1 10.9 6.7 4.8 8.5
Credit 653.1 659.1 56.5 57.4 54.5 56.2 60.2 55.5 54.2 53.8 53.1 53.1 51.9 52.2 56.9
Debit 537.9 567.1 48.3 49.0 52.8 44.7 47.8 46.0 46.0 45.5 52.0 42.3 45.1 47.5 48.4
Secondary income -147.2 -138.3 -17.5 -11.6 -13.8 -13.8 -11.5 -13.2 -12.0 -11.8 -10.8 -9.4 -8.0 -11.7 -10.7
Credit 104.9 109.1 8.6 9.0 8.8 8.9 9.1 9.0 8.8 9.1 10.0 9.0 8.3 10.1 9.1
Debit 252.1 247.4 26.1 20.6 22.7 22.6 20.6 22.2 20.8 20.9 20.9 18.4 16.4 21.7 19.7

Table 1: Current account of the euro area

(EUR billions unless otherwise indicated; transactions; working day and seasonally adjusted data)

Cumulated figures for the 12-month period ending 2017 2018
Apr. 2017 Apr. 2018 Apr. May June Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr.
Source: ECB.
CURRENT ACCOUNT 361.3 413.7 22.9 30.2 24.5 34.8 41.8 39.2 35.1 36.5 34.3 39.6 36.6 32.8 28.4
Memo: as a percentage of GDP 3.3 3.7
Credit 3,732.4 3,946.0 318.6 325.3 321.2 324.6 333.2 330.9 327.3 331.8 337.7 331.0 324.8 330.0 328.4
Debit 3,371.1 3,532.3 295.7 295.1 296.7 289.9 291.5 291.7 292.2 295.2 303.4 291.4 288.2 297.2 300.0
Goods 347.2 353.9 25.3 27.8 30.0 28.4 30.9 33.3 29.3 31.3 33.5 29.2 28.8 30.3 21.0
Credit (exports) 2,173.5 2,317.3 183.9 189.7 187.3 188.5 192.2 194.8 192.3 197.0 201.2 197.0 192.9 194.1 190.4
Debit (imports) 1,826.3 1,963.5 158.5 161.9 157.3 160.1 161.3 161.5 163.0 165.7 167.6 167.7 164.1 163.7 169.5
Services 46.1 106.1 6.8 5.5 6.7 8.6 10.0 9.6 9.6 8.7 10.5 8.9 9.1 9.4 9.6
Credit (exports) 800.8 860.4 69.6 69.1 70.5 71.1 71.8 71.7 72.0 71.8 73.3 71.9 71.7 73.6 71.9
Debit (imports) 754.7 754.3 62.8 63.6 63.9 62.5 61.7 62.1 62.4 63.2 62.9 63.0 62.5 64.2 62.4
Primary income 115.2 92.0 8.2 8.4 1.7 11.5 12.4 9.5 8.2 8.4 1.1 10.9 6.7 4.8 8.5
Credit 653.1 659.1 56.5 57.4 54.5 56.2 60.2 55.5 54.2 53.8 53.1 53.1 51.9 52.2 56.9
Debit 537.9 567.1 48.3 49.0 52.8 44.7 47.8 46.0 46.0 45.5 52.0 42.3 45.1 47.5 48.4
Secondary income -147.2 -138.3 -17.5 -11.6 -13.8 -13.8 -11.5 -13.2 -12.0 -11.8 -10.8 -9.4 -8.0 -11.7 -10.7
Credit 104.9 109.1 8.6 9.0 8.8 8.9 9.1 9.0 8.8 9.1 10.0 9.0 8.3 10.1 9.1
Debit 252.1 247.4 26.1 20.6 22.7 22.6 20.6 22.2 20.8 20.9 20.9 18.4 16.4 21.7 19.7