(ANSA-AP) - BERLIN, 10 MAG - German exports rose unexpectedly
in March, outpacing import growth and widening the trade surplus
for Europe's largest economy.
The Federal Statistical Office reported Friday that exports
rose 1.5% in March over February to 112.7 billion euros ($126.5
billion), where economists had been predicting a slight
decrease. Imports rose 0.4% to 92.7 billion euros in figures
adjusted for calendar and seasonal effects. That left the trade
surplus at 20 billion euros, up from 18.7 billion euros the
month before. In unadjusted figures, total exports came in at
118.3 billion euros, up 1.9% over March 2018, while imports
totaled 95.6 billion euros, up 4.5% over last March.
The unadjusted trade surplus dropped from 24.6 billion euros
in March 2018 to 22.7 billion euros in March 2019. (ANSA-AP).
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