TOKYO: Japan’s exports fell 2.6 % in January from a year earlier, Ministry of Finance data showed on Wednesday. The fall compares with a 6.9% drop expected by economists in a Reuters poll.
It followed a 6.3% fall in December.
Imports fell 3.6% in the year to January, versus the median estimate of a 1.3% decline.
The trade balance came to a deficit of 1.3126 trillion yen ($11.94 billion), versus the median estimate of a 1.6949 trillion yen deficit. -Reuters
