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Japan slumps back into trade deficit
Published Mon, Jun 19, 2017 · 09:50 PM
Tokyo
JAPAN unexpectedly slumped back into a trade deficit for the first time in four months, as soaring energy import bills offset growth in the country's shipments abroad, government data showed on Monday.
Japan logged a surprise deficit of 203 billion yen (S$2.5 billion), the first red ink in four m…
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