BusinessWorld E-paper
November 7, 2024
THE PHILIPPINES’ trade-in- goods deficit ballooned to $5.09 billion in September, the biggest trade gap in 20 months, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) said on Wednesday.
Preliminary data from the PSA showed the trade-in-goods balance — the difference between exports and imports — stood at a $5.09-billion deficit in September, up by 43.4% from $3.55-billion gap a year ago.
