Japan posts goods trade deficit of 3.98 bln USD in Oct.

Source: Xinhua | 2018-11-20

Japan logged a goods trade deficit of 449.3 billion yen (3.98 billion U.S. dollars) in October, the Finance Ministry said in a report Monday.
According to the ministry's preliminary report, exports increased 8.2 percent from a year earlier.
Imports, meanwhile, rose 19.9 percent in the recording period, the ministry's data showed.