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        "msgid": "kls-trade-surplus-down-1447893297",
        "date": "2001-08-02 00:00:00",
        "title": "KL's trade surplus down",
        "author": null,
        "source": "AFP",
        "tags": null,
        "topic": null,
        "summary": "KL's trade surplus down KUALA LUMPUR (AFP): Malaysia's trade surplus in June fell 30 percent from a year earlier due to a sharp slowdown in exports, official figures showed Wednesday. June's 3.3 billion ringgit (US$868.42 million) surplus compared with 4.7 billion ringgit a year earlier, the Statistics Department said in a statement. It was the country's 44th consecutive trade surplus since November 1997, the department said.",
        "content": "<p>KL's trade surplus down<\/p>\n<p>KUALA LUMPUR (AFP): Malaysia's trade surplus in June fell 30<br>\npercent from a year earlier due to a sharp slowdown in exports,<br>\nofficial figures showed Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>June's 3.3 billion ringgit (US$868.42 million) surplus<br>\ncompared with 4.7 billion ringgit a year earlier, the Statistics<br>\nDepartment said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>It was the country's 44th consecutive trade surplus since<br>\nNovember 1997, the department said.<\/p>\n<p>Exports in June dipped 13.5 percent from a year earlier to<br>\n27.5 billion ringgit, outpacing a 10.4 percent decline in imports<br>\nto 24.2 billion ringgit.<\/p>\n<p>In the six months to June, the trade surplus fell to 25.8<br>\nbillion ringgit from 28.8 billion a year earlier as exports slid<br>\n3.8 percent to 169.1 billion ringgit and imports dropped 2.5<br>\npercent to 143.3 billion.<\/p>\n<p>Almost 21 percent of all Malaysia's exports go to the United<br>\nStates, making it vulnerable to the economic slowdown there.<\/p>\n<p>The government has revised downwards its growth forecast this<br>\nyear to between five and six percent, from seven percent<br>\npreviously, as the global slowdown begins to bite.<\/p>",
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