Japan Dec exports fall 6.3% year/year - MOF

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TOKYO — Japan’s exports fell 6.3% in

December from a year earlier, Ministry of Finance (MOF) data

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showed on Thursday, in a sign weak external demand is keeping a

lid on the export-reliant economy.

That compared with a 4.2% decrease expected by economists in

a Reuters poll and followed a 7.9% year-on-year decline in the

previous month.

Imports fell 4.9% in the year to December, versus the median

estimate for a 3.4% decrease. They fell 15.7% in the previous

month.

As a result, the trade balance came to a deficit of 152.5

billion yen ($1.39 billion), versus the median estimate for a

150 billion yen shortfall.

To view full tables, go to the MOF website:

http://www.customs.go.jp/toukei/info/index_e.htm

($1 = 109.7100 yen)

(Reporting by Tetsushi Kajimoto

Editing by Chang-Ran Kim)