Between July and September 2016, the exports grew corrected for working days by 8.1% (real terms: + 2.8%) and imports by 7.9% (real terms: + 4.7%). In both approaches, the chemical-pharmaceutical products dominated the development. So these were responsible export side for about 80% of the total additional revenue. The surplus in the trade balance exceeded the first time in a quarter the 10 billion-franc stamp.