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MANILA, March 14 (Reuters) - The Philippines posted a
trade deficit of $5.74 billion for January , the
biggest monthly gap since August, government data showed on
Tuesday
Imports in January grew 3.9% to $11 billion from
a year earlier, the first monthly growth in three months, while
exports fell 13.5% to $5.2 billion.
The decline in exports was the steepest in nearly three
years, the Philippine Statistics Authority said.
(Reporting by Neil Jerome Morales and Enrico Dela Cruz; Editing
by Martin Petty)
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