New Zealand February Trade Surplus NZ$510 Million

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New Zealand February Trade Surplus NZ$510 Million

(RTTNews) - New Zealand posted a merchandise trade surplus of NZ$510 million in February, Statistics New Zealand said on Friday.

That beat forecasts for a deficit of NZ$235 million following the downwardly revised NZ$544 million shortfall in January (originally -NZ$486 million).

Exports came in at NZ$6.74 billion, up from the downwardly revised NZ$6.06 billion in the previous month (originally NZ$6.74 billion).

Imports were at NZ$6.23 billion, down from the downwardly revised NZ$6.60 billion a month earlier (originally NZ$6.68 billion).

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