Austria's foreign trade declines in H1

VIENNA, Sept. 6 (Xinhua) -- Austria's foreign trade registered a weak performance in the first half (H1) of this year, with the imports declining by 12.2 percent and exports dropping by 5.5 percent year on year, Statistics Austria said on Friday.

The country's H1 imports stood at 94.05 billion euros (104.27 billion U.S. dollars) and exports at 96.9 billion euros, logging a trade surplus of 2.85 billion euros.