MANILA — The Philippines posted a trade deficit PHTBAL=ECI of $4.375 billion for August, preliminary official data showed on Thursday. Imports PHIMP=ECI in August increased 2.7% from a year earlier to $11.12 billion, while exports PHEXP=ECI barely rose 0.3% to $6.7 billion, the Philippine Statistics Authority said. — Reporting by Neil Jerome Morales and Mikhail Flores; Editing by Kim CoghillThe post Philippines trade deficit at $4.4 billion in August appeared first on Interaksyon.
MANILA — The Philippines posted a trade deficit PHTBAL=ECI of $4.375 billion for August , preliminary official data showed on Thursday. Imports PHIMP=ECI in August increased 2.
7 % from a year earlier to $11.12 billion , while exports PHEXP=ECI barely rose 0.3% to $6.
7 billion , the Philippine Statistics Authority said. — Reporting by Neil Jerome Morales and Mikhail Flores; Editing by Kim Coghill.