Slovak Jan-Oct C/A gap narrows to SKK 63.2 bln

...billion crown gap in the same period of 2006, the central bank said on Tuesday.

The central bank revised the current account gap for January-September 2007 to 59.6 billion crowns from an originally reported 51.3 billion crown deficit.

Analysts expect Slovakia's balance of payments to improve significantly this year due to rising production at new car factories built by Kia Motors and PSA Peugeot Citroen . Most of the cars are exported.

(Reporting by Martin Santa)

($1=23.40 Slovak Crown)

Keywords: SLOVAKIA CBANK/BALANCE

[Reuters/Finance.cz]