Balance of payments, February 2011

Current account in February 2011 EUR 0.5 bn in surplus, ie EUR 0.3 bn higher than a year earlier.
In BOP terms, trade account EUR 0.2 bn in surplus. A year earlier exports and imports were equal and BOP trade account was in balance.

Trade and current account

Net capital inflow of EUR 0.4 bnNet capital outflow of EUR 0.1 bn.
Net outflow of EUR 0.4 bn in direct investment.
Net inflow of EUR 1.6 bn in portfolio investment.
Net outflow of EUR 1.6 bn in other investment (loans, deposits and trade credits).

Portfolio investments

Finnish residents’ foreign assets exceeded foreign liabilities by EUR 14 bn.
Foreign assets totalled EUR 554 bnForeign assets totalled EUR 546 bn.
Foreign liabilities totalled EUR 532 bn.
Net international investment position excluding equity items was a negative EUR 51 bn.

Net international investment position

Finland's balance of payments

The statistics become final more than two years after the end of the reference year.

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