PHILIPPINE TRADE GAP WIDENS IN JANUARY-AUGUST
The Philippines' trade deficit widened to
542 mln dlrs in the eight months to end-August from 159 mln
dlrs in the same 1986 period, the National Statistics Office
said.
    It said exports in the eight-month period rose to 3.58
billion dlrs from 3.18 billion in 1986, while imports rose to
4.12 billion dlrs from 3.34 billion a year earlier.
    The country's trade deficit totalled 202 mln dlrs in 1986.
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