BRUSSELS, June 15 (Xinhua) -- The eurozone goods trade surplus with the rest of the world narrowed in April as imports increased more than exports, figures showed on Friday.
The statistics agency of the European Union(EU) Eurostat said on Friday that the eurozone seasonally adjusted imports of the eurozone had increased by 1.4 percent, while the exports only climbed by 0.3 percent.
As a result, the seasonally adjusted trade surplus in April fell to 18.1 billion euros (20.99 billion U.S. dollars) from 19.8 billion euros in March. The April figure was the lowest in six months.
The non-seasonally adjusted data showed that the trade surplus stood at 16.7 billion euros, compared with a surplus of 15.7 billion euros in the same period of 2017. On a yearly basis, the exports and imports grew 8 percent and 8.1 percent respectively. (1 euro=1.16 U.S. dollars)
