Philippines trade deficit at $3.7 billion in February

The ship Anna Maersk is docked at Roberts Bank port carrying 69 containers of mostly paper and plastic waste returned by the Philippines in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada June 29, 2019. (Reuters/Jason Redmond)

 The Philippines posted a trade deficit of $3.68 billion in February, preliminary official data showed on Friday.

Exports rose 8.0% from a year earlier, while imports increased 12.6% over the same period.

—Reporting by Mikhail Flores and Nestor Corrales; Editing by John Mair

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