Japan's trade surplus jumps in 2002
BBC News
Japan's trade surplus jumped by 51.30% last year - its first rise
in four years - but exports which underpin the troubled economy
weakened at the end of 2002.
"The rise in exports to Asian countries contributed most
to the overall trade surplus figure in 2002," a finance ministry
official said.
The 9.9 trillion yen (£51.4bn; $84bn)
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