AlQa'dah 23, 1435, September 18, 2014, SPA -- Japan's exports fell 1.3 per cent year-on-year to 5.7 trillion yen (52.5 billion dollars) in August, for the first decline in two months, due to slow demand from the United States, the government said Thursday, according to dpa. Japan posted a trade deficit of 948.5 billion yen, down 2.4 per cent from a year earlier, the Finance Ministry said in a preliminary report, continuing a trend of monthly deficits stretching back more than two years. The value of imports declined 1.5 per cent from a year earlier to 6.65 trillion yen, the ministry said. Exports to China, Japan's largest trading partner, edged down 0.2 per cent to 1.12 trillion yen for the first fall in 17 months. The country's shipments to the United States fell 4.4 per cent to 1.02 trillion yen, with car exports down 13.5 per cent, despite the yen's fall against the dollar.
