Philippine merchandise imports in September fell 2.6 percent in value terms from a year earlier, calling attention to the risk of successive import declines which economists said could eventually drag the country’s exports as well.

Total import payments in September dropped to $5.568 billion from $5.719 billion in the corresponding period of 2013, data from the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) showed on Tuesday.

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