Japan June trade surplus -88.9 pct year/year

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TOKYO, July 24 (Reuters) - Japan's trade surplus in June fell
a larger-than-expected 88.9 percent from a year earlier to 138.6
billion yen ($1.28 billion),Ministry of Finance data showed on
Thursday. [JPTBAL=ECI]

That compared with economists' median forecast for a 59.6
percent fall in the surplus to 503.0 billion yen.

Following is a table of the main figures. Economists' median
forecasts are in parentheses:
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(Unadjusted, mln yen, y/y)

JUNE YEAR AGO PCT CHANGE
Overall balance 138,632 (503,000) 1,245,954 -88.9 (-59.6)

Exports 7,159,621 7,286,039 -1.7 (+3.8)

Imports 7,020,989 6,040,085 +16.2 (+17.0)
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To view full tables, go to the Web site of the Ministry of
Finance here
(Reporting by Leika Kihara)