Accordingly, the current account of the balance of payments moved into deficit from 2003. The current-account deficit amounted to approximately 3½ per cent of gross domestic product in the first half of 2005.
Information on visible foreign trade suggests a larger trade deficit in the third quarter of 2005 than in the first two quarters of the year, but comprehensive data on services and income flows for the third quarter still need to be finalised before the current-account balance for the third quarter of the year can be determined.