Japan's trade surplus shrinks 31% in June

Japan's trade surplus in June shrank 30.8 per cent from a year earlier to 153.1 billion yen ($1 billion), government data showed Thursday.

 Overall exports fell 0.5 per cent to 9.16 trillion yen, weighed down by an 11.4 percent drop in US-bound shipments to 1.71 trillion yen. Imports edged up 0.2 per cent to 9.01 trillion yen, the Finance Ministry said in a preliminary report.

 For the first six months of 2025, Japan logged a trade deficit of 2.22 trillion yen, a 34.2 per cent decrease from the previous year, according to Kyodo News.

 Exports rose 3.6 per cent to 53.36 trillion yen and imports increased 1.3 per cent to 55.58 trillion yen in the January-June period.

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