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For the six-month period,  imports  rose by 9.9 percent to $18.57  billion from $16.89 billion  a year ago while exports  grew by only 2.1 percent to $17.07 billion from $16.71 billion.


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For the six-month period,  imports  rose by 9.9 percent to $18.57  billion from $16.89 billion  a year ago while exports  grew by only 2.1 percent to $17.07 billion from $16.71 billion.


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Trade deficit deteriorates to $1.502B in first semester as imports surge

By Rica Delfinado | August 20, 2003 - 12:00am

The country’s trade deficit ballooned to $1.502 billion in the first six months of the year compared with the $185 million shortfall in the same period last year as demand for imported vital industrial...

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