Philippines' total goods trade declines by 6.7%

The Philippines' total external trade in goods in October declined by 6.7 percent, amounting to $15.89 billion from the $17.03 billion external trade in the same month of 2018, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) said on Tuesday.

Of the total external trade, the PSA said $6.32 billion or 39.8 percent were exported goods and $9.57 billion or 60.2 percent were imported goods.