The outbound shipment dropped 16.6 percent from a year earlier to 46.27 billion U.S. dollars in January, continuing to slide since October last year, according to the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy.
Import shrank 2.6 percent to 58.96 billion dollars last month, sending the trade deficit to 12.69 billion dollars. The trade balance has stayed in the red for the 11th successive month.
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