Preliminary trade figures forFebruary show an excess of exports over imports of 119.1 mln
N.Z. Dlrs, a Statistics Department statement said.
    This compares with a 3.3 mln dlr deficit (revised from 1.7
mln) in January and a 36.1 mln dlr deficit in February 1986.
    Exports rose to 998.4 mln dlrs, from 889.2 mln (revised
from 889.5) in January and 903.2 in February 1986. Imports
dropped to an estimated 879.4 mln dlrs from 892.5 (revised from
891.2) in January and 939.3 in February 1986. The deficit for
the eight months to the end of February was 15.3 mln dlrs, as
against 1.057 billion dlrs in the same period a year ago.
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