Japan’s exports rise 11.9% year/year in January

TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s exports rose 11.9% in January from the same month a year ago, Ministry of Finance data showed on Wednesday.

That compared with a 9.5% rise expected by economists in a Reuters poll.

Imports fell 9.6%, versus the median estimate for an 8.4% decrease.

The trade balance came to a deficit of 1.758 trillion yen ($11.73 billion), versus the median estimate for a deficit of 1.926 trillion yen.

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($1 = 149.9200 yen)

(Reporting by Tetsushi Kajimoto; Editing by Chang-Ran Kim)