Sweden's foreign trade surplus increased notably in November from a year ago as imports fell faster than exports, figures from Statistics Sweden showed on Monday.
The trade surplus rose to SEK 11.6 billion in November from SEK 5.2 billion in the corresponding month last year. In October, the trade balance showed a surplus of SEK 2.3 billion.
On an annual basis, exports fell 6.0 percent, and imports were 9.0 percent lower.
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