Japan March exports rise 14.7% year/year -MOF
FILE PHOTO: Security guards put on rain jackets as they stand in front of the Finance Ministry in Tokyo August 4, 2011. REUTERS/Yuriko Nakao
TOKYO : Japan's exports rose 14.7 per cent in March from a year earlier, Ministry of Finance (MOF) data showed on Wednesday.
That was weaker than the 17.5 per cent increase expected by economists in a Reuters poll, and followed growth of 19.1 per cent in February.
March imports gained 31.2 per cent year-on-year, versus the median estimate for a 28.9 per cent increase.
The trade balance came to a deficit of 412.4 billion yen ($3.19 billion), versus a median estimate for a 100.8 billion yen deficit.
To view full tables, go to the MOF website at: http://www.customs.go.jp/toukei/info/index_e.htm
($1 = 129.2400 yen)
