Ireland's foreign trade surplus increased in December as imports fell faster than exports, figures from the Central Statistics Office showed on Tuesday.
The seasonally adjusted trade surplus rose to EUR 4.9 billion in December from EUR 4.1 billion in the previous month. In the corresponding month last year, the trade balance showed a surplus of EUR 6.7 billion.
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