Monday, September 1, 2008

Exports up 31%, imports up 48% in July

Reuters
Exports increased 31.2% in July from a year earlier to $16.35 billion but the trade deficit widened from June to $10.80 billion as higher oil imports weighed, data showed on Monday.
Imports were up 48.1% to $27.14 billion in July, while oil imports rose 69.3% during the month to $9.48 billion.
Exports during April to July were up 24.6% at $59.19 billion from a year earlier, while the trade deficit during the period widened to $41.23 billion from $27.35 billion in the same period the previous year.

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