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New Zealand Posts Trade Deficit for Second Straight Month

--Two Consecutive Monthly Deficits Follow Five Months of Surplus
     SYDNEY (MNI) -  - From Overseas Merchandise Trade data for September
published by Statistics New Zealand Thursday: 
                                September          August
---------------------------------------------------------
                          (in NZ dollars)  (in NZ dollar)
Trade Balance               -1.11 billion   -1.18 billion
MNI Median Forecast          -975 million
Exports                      3.78 billion    3.69 billion
Imports                      4.92 billion    4.86 billion
Trade Balance - 3 Months    -2.23 billion    -845 million
Trade Balance - Annual      -2.91 billion   -3.15 billion
--MNI Sydney Bureau; tel: +61 2-9716-5467; email: sophia.rodrigues@marketnews.com
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