Eurozone foreign trade surplus in February increased from a year ago, figures from Eurostat showed Tuesday.
The unadjusted trade surplus rose to EUR 13.6 billion from EUR 9.8 billion in the same month last year. Economists had forecast a surplus of EUR 10 billion.
In January, the surplus was EUR 0.8 billion versus a deficit of EUR 4.8 billion a year ago.
The seasonally adjusted trade surplus for February grew to EUR 15 billion from EUR 13.9 billion in January.
Exports rose a seasonally adjusted 1.2 percent monthly and imports grew 0.6 percent.
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