Thursday, May 31, 2007

S.Africa April trade deficit widens to 5.7 bln rand

(Reuters) - South Africa's trade balance drifted further into deficit in April, recording a shortfall of 5.67 billion rand from a 2.7 billion rand gap in March, the South Africa Revenue Service said on Thursday.

The data follows two months of relatively small deficits and will keep pressure on the country's current account, which hit a shortfall of 7.8 percent of gross domestic product in the fourth quarter of 2006.


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