MANILA — The Philippines posted a trade deficit PHTBAL=ECI of $4.8 billion for November, preliminary official data showed on Thursday.
Imports PHIMP=ECI in November fell 4.9% to $10.5 billion from a year earlier, while exports PHEXP=ECI shrank 8.7% to $5.7 billion, the Philippine Statistics Authority said.
—Reporting by Mikhail Flores and Karen Lema; Editing by Martin Petty
