
FILE PHOTO: Containers on a cargo ship are seen at an industrial port in Tokyo, Japan April 3, 2025. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon/File Photo
17 Apr 2025 08:03AM (Updated: 17 Apr 2025 08:04AM)
TOKYO : Japanese exports rose 3.9 per cent year-on-year in March, up for a sixth straight month, data from the Ministry of Finance showed on Thursday.
The result compared with a 4.5 per cent increase expected by economists in a Reuters poll.
Imports grew 2 per cent in March from a year earlier, versus a 3.1 per cent increase expected by economists.
As a result, the trade balance stood at a surplus of 544.1 billion yen ($3.84 billion), compared with the forecast of a surplus of 485.3 billion yen.
($1 = 141.7700 yen)
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