The country’s total external trade in goods in February 2020 amounted to USD12.46 billion, a decline of 5.9 percent from the USD13.24 billion external trade in the same month of the previous year. Of the total external trade, USD5.40 billion (43.4%) were exported goods and USD7.06 billion (56.6%) were imported goods. (Figure 1)

The country’s total external trade in goods in December 2019 amounted to USD13.96 billion which represents an increase of 2.4 percent from the USD13.63 billion external trade in the same month of the previous year. Of the total external trade, USD5.74 billion (41.1%) were exported goods and USD8.22 billion (58.9%) were imported goods.

The country’s total external trade in goods in October 2019 amounted to USD15.89 billion, which posted a decrement of 6.7 percent from the USD17.03 billion external trade in the same month of the previous year.  Of the total external trade, USD6.32 billion or 39.8 percent were exported goods and USD9.57 billion or 60.2 percent were imported goods.