THE country’s trade deficit widened in February from a year earlier but the gap was narrower compared to January, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported on Wednesday.

Inbound shipments rose by 18.6 percent year-on-year to $7.725 billion, PSA data showed, while exports declined by 1.8 percent to $4.659 billion.

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