Japan's custom-cleared trade surplusnarrowed to 1.61 billion dlrs in the first 10 days of June from
1.97 billion a year earlier, the Finance Ministry said.
    The June interim surplus compares with a 1.76 billion dlr
surplus in the same May period.
    FOB exports in the first 10 days of June rose 17.6 pct from
a year earlier to 6.05 billion dlrs while CIF imports rose 39.6
pct to 4.44 billion.
    The average yen/dollar rate used for the figures was 141.04
yen against 169.03 a year earlier.
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