JAPAN MARCH INTERIM TRADE SURPLUS FALLS
Japan's customs-cleared trade surplus
fell to 1.89 billion dlrs in the first 10 days of March from a
1.91 billion surplus a year earlier, the Ministry of Finance
said.
     The March interim surplus compared with a 1.70 billion dlr
surplus in the same February period.
     FOB exports in the first 10 days of March rose 5.8 pct
from a year earlier to 5.50 billion dlrs and CIF imports rose
9.7 pct to 3.61 billion.
     The average yen/dollar rate used for the statistics was
153.67 yen against 181.23 a year earlier.
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