Japan's exports post largest monthly gain since late 2017


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TOKYO: Japan's exports posted their strongest growth in more than three years in March, led by a surge in China-bound shipments, in a sign the economic recovery from last year's deep coronavirus slump remains intact. However, the trade data is unlikely to completely ease worries about the fragile recovery of the world's third-largest economy, which took an enormous hit from a collapse in global trade due to the pandemic in the first quarter of 2020. Advertisement Advertisement Ministry of Finance data showed on Monday (Apr 19) exports surged 16.1 per cent in March from a year earlier, marking the steepest...