S Lankan March trade deficit narrows 15.5pc y/y

COLOMBO, May 26 (Reuters): Sri Lanka's trade deficit in March narrowed by 15.5 per cent to $602.2 million from $712.8 million a year earlier, central bank data showed on Monday.
March exports edged jumped 28.6 per cent from a year earlier to $1.07 billion, while imports edged up 8.2 per cent to $1.67 billion.
For the first quarter of 2014, the trade deficit was $1.86 billion, 13.5 per cent less than $2.15 billion a year earlier.