TOKYO : Japan’s exports rose 11.5 per cent in December from a year earlier while imports grew 20.6 per cent, resulting in a trade deficit worth 1.45 trillion yen ($11.27 billion), Ministry of Finance data showed on Thursday.
The rises in shipments and imports compared with 10.1 per cent and 22.4 per cent year-on-year gains respectively expected by economists in a Reuters poll. The trade deficit compared with economists’ median estimates for 1.65 trillion yen.
For the whole of 2022, Japan logged a trade deficit of 19.971 trillion yen, the biggest amount on record going back to 1979.
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($1 = 128.6100 yen)
