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Trade gap narrows to $3.88 billion in February

By Louella Desiderio | April 12, 2023 - 12:00am

The country’s trade deficit narrowed in February, with exports posting a bigger drop than imports.

Business

Trade gap narrows to new 2-year low

By Czeriza Valencia | June 11, 2020 - 12:00am

The country’s trade deficit narrowed to a new two-year low of $500 million in April as steep declines were registered in both imports and exports during the month, the Philippine Statistics Authority reported...

Business

Trade gap narrows to $2.4 billion in August

By Czeriza Valencia | October 11, 2019 - 12:00am

The country’s trade deficit narrowed to $2.41 billion in August, as exports rose modestly and imports continued to decline,...

Business

Economists expect trade gap to ease

By Lawrence Agcaoili | June 16, 2019 - 12:00am

The projected trade deficit this year would be less pronounced as the importation of capital goods to support the country’s...

Business

Exports weaken anew in February; trade gap widens

By Czeriza Valencia | April 12, 2019 - 12:00am

Exports continued to weaken in February as sales of five of the country’s top export products declined, the Philippine...

Business

Wider trade gap the new norm — economists

By Lawrence Agcaoili | January 13, 2019 - 12:00am

Wider trade gaps will likely be the norm for the Philippines over the medium term as the growth in the importation of capital...

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Trade gap more than doubles in July 2018

By Catherine Talavera | September 12, 2018 - 12:00am

The continued surge in imports coupled by sluggish exports drove the country’s trade balance to a wider deficit in July,...

Business

Philippine trade gap widens in July amid lackluster export growth

By Ian Nicolas Cigaral | September 11, 2018 - 11:49am

The Philippines’ trade deficit swelled in July, the government’s statistics agency reported Tuesday, after exports...

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Remittances not enough to plug trade gap — ING

By Lawrence Agcaoili | March 18, 2018 - 12:00am

Remittances sent home by overseas Filipinos would not be enough to finance the country’s widening trade deficit as imports...

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