DUBLIN: Ireland’s foreign trade surplus increased in August, as exports surged and imports fell, figures from the Central Statistics Office showed Monday.
The trade surplus rose to EUR 4.95 billion in August from EUR 3.46 billion in the previous month. In the corresponding month last year, the surplus was EUR 3.42 billion.
Exports grew a seasonally adjusted 16.0 percent month-over-month in August, while imports dropped by 2.0 percent.
On an unadjusted basis, exports jumped 17.0 percent in August from a year ago. At the same time, imports registered a decline of 2.0 percent.
