TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s exports rose 6.5% in February from a year earlier, Ministry of Finance data showed on Thursday.
The rise compares with a 7.1% increase expected by economists in a Reuters poll. It followed a 3.5% rise in the previous month.
Imports rose 8.3%, versus the median estimate for a 12.2% increase, resulting in a trade deficit of 897.7 billion yen ($6.75 billion). That compared with the median estimate for a 1.069 trillion yen deficit.
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($1 = 132.9600 yen)
(Reporting by Tetsushi Kajimoto; Editing by Chang-Ran Kim)
