Spain Jan-July 貿易（する） 赤字 狭くするs 44% year-on-year
Sept 21 (Reuters) - Spain's 貿易（する） 赤字 in the first seven months of 2023 狭くするd by 44% from the same year-ago period to 21.32 billion euros ($22.70 billion), as its 輸出（する）s rose and it 輸入するd いっそう少なく 量s of oil and natural gas, and at cheaper prices, the 産業 省 said.
Over the period, the value of 輸出（する）s rose 3.3% to 230.40 billion euros, while 輸入するs fell 3.7% to 251.72 billion euros, the 省 said on Thursday.
The value of energy 輸入するs, おもに oil and natural gas, fell 30% in the first seven months of the year compared with the same period a year ago as Spain bought 19% いっそう少なく 容積／容量s at a price 14% lower.
Other 輸入するs during the period rose 3% on year.
In July alone, the 貿易（する） 赤字 shrank 25% to 4.90 billion euros.
Spain's 貿易（する） 赤字 急上昇するd in 2022 as oil and natural gas prices jumped に引き続いて the ロシアの 侵略 of ウクライナ共和国. Spain 完全に relies on 輸入するd oil and gas.
($1 = 0.9393 euros) (報告（する）／憶測ing by Matteo Allievi, editing by Inti Landauro and Miral Fahmy)
