According to the Finance Ministry, Japan had a goods trade surplus of 589.5 billion yen (5.5 billion U.S. dollars) in the recording month.
The ministry's preliminary report showed that exports had dropped 6.7 percent from a year earlier.
Imports, meanwhile, declined 5.2 percent, the ministry said. Japan logged a trade deficit of 888.8 billion yen (8.23 billion U.S. dollars) for the first six months of the year, the ministry's preliminary data also showed.
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