Japan Sept exports fall 4.9% year/year

The trade balance came to a surplus of 675 billion yen ($6.40 billion), against the median estimate of a 989.8 billion yen surplus.

TOKYO: Japan's exports fell 4.9% in September from a year earlier, Ministry of Finance data showed on Monday, dropping at a slower pace than in the previous month as pressure from the coronavirus pandemic eases.

That compared with a 2.4% decline expected by economists in a Reuters poll and followed a 14.8% fall in August.