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Mexico trade balance swings to $6bn surplus in March
Mexico's trade balance in goods swung to a hefty $5.93bn surplus in March, amid a strong pick-up in manufacturing exports. The balance, reported by statistics agency Inegi, swung from the $463mn deficit in February after narrowing from a $6.48bn deficit in January. The March surplus also far surpassed the $1.03bn surplus forecast by Mexican bank Banorte. The swing to a surplus in March was led by widening of the non-oil trade surplus to US$8.32bn in March from US$1.55bn the previous month. Meanwhile, Mexico's oil-trade deficit expanded only slightly to $2.39bn in March from $2.01bn the previous month despite ... (full story)
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