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Trade deficit narrows to $2.48 billion in December

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Posted at Feb 11 12:18 PM

The balance of trade in goods declined by 40.6 percent to $2.48 billion (P125.8 billion) in December 2019 compared to the $4.17 billion (P211.5 billion) in December 2018, data from the Philippine Statistics Authority showed.  Read more »

Trade deficit narrows to $3.34 billion in November

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Posted at Jan 10 11:45 AM

The trade deficit declined by 18 percent to $3.34 billion November compared to the same month in 2018. Total external trade for the month shrank to $14.54 billion, the Philippine Statistics Authority said. Read more »

PH trade deficit shrinks amid flat exports, falling imports

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Posted at Dec 10 06:47 PM

The Philippines' total external trade also shrank 6.7 percent in October as exports remained almost flat while imports fell, the Philippine Statistics Authority said on Tuesday.  Read more »

Trade deficit narrows to $3.12 billion September

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Updated as of Nov 06 04:12 PM

The trade deficit totaled $3.12 billion in September from $4.02 billion during the same month in 2018. The shortfall was at $2.41 billion in August this year.  Read more »

Trade deficit widens in July, snaps 2 months of decline

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Posted at Sep 10 10:08 AM

July trade deficit rose to $3.39 billion from $2.47 billion in June, 15.5 percent lower compared to the $4.02 billion total for the same period last year, data from the Philippine Statistics Authority showed.  Read more »

External trade down 3 percent in May as imports fall

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Updated as of Jul 10 04:33 PM

Philippine foreign trade fell 3 percent in May compared to the same month last year as the expansion in exports failed to make up for shrinking imports, the Philippine Statistics Authority said on Wednesday. Read more »

PH posts balance of payments surplus in April

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Posted at May 20 03:19 PM

The Philippines posted a balance of payments surplus of $467 million in April, reversing a $270 million deficit posted in the same month last year.  Read more »

PH books $627-M balance of payments surplus in March

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Posted at Apr 17 04:25 PM

The Philippines booked a balance of payments (BOP) surplus of $627 million in March 2019, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas said Wednesday.  Read more »

Trade deficit widens to $3.76 billion in January

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Posted at Mar 12 03:53 PM

Exports in January totaled $5.28 billion compared to $9.03 billion in imports, resulting in a deficit of $3.76 billion, the PSA said. This was wider than the $3.16 billion deficit during the same month in 2018.  Read more »