Figures show falling trade surplus

IRELAND’S trade surplus fell from €4.0 billion in March to €2.6bn in April, according to seasonally adjusted trade figures from the CSO.

For April exports at €7.5bn were about €200 million below the March figures of €7.7bn, while imports shot up 32% to €4.9bn.

On an unadjusted basis, the value of exports in April 2011 at €7,792m was up 6% when compared with April 2010 and the value of imports (€4,665m) was up 13%