Japan September export growth slows slightly, but expansion trend intact

Tokyo

JAPAN'S export growth slowed in September for the first time in three months, official data on Thursday showed, in a sign that overseas demand for goods from the world's third-largest economy may be taking a breather.

The 14.1 per cent year-on-year increase in exports was less than the median estimate for a 14.9 per cent increase and was less than an 18.1 per cent rise in August, which was the fastest expansion in almost four years.