January trade figures widen annual deficit to $6.4b
The monthly deficit was the worst January on record.
Nevil Gibson Wed, 27 Feb 2019
Increased demand for imported energy and manufactured goods as the economy picked up at the start of the year helped push the monthly trade deficit in January to a record $914 million, Stats NZ says.
The annual trade balance widened to a deficit of $6.4 billion from imports of $63.8b and exports
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