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Greece's current account deficit shrinks in April on growing tourism, exports

BY Reuters | ECONOMIC | 04:15 AM EDT

June 19 (Reuters) - Greece's current account deficit shrank in April from a year earlier thanks to robust exports and tourism receipts, Bank of Greece data showed on Friday.

* The current account deficit stood at 1.4 billion euros ($1.60 billion) in April, down from 2.4 billion euros in the same month last year.

* Exports rose by 36% in April, outpacing imports.

* Tourism revenue increased by 9.5% to 1.1 billion euros.

* Foreign arrivals were 10.6% higher. ($1 = 0.8736 euros) (Reporting by Angeliki Koutantou; Editing by Susan Fenton)

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