NZ narrows monthly trade deficit as live animal, dairy exports rise, imports fall

NZ narrows monthly trade deficit as live animal, dairy exports rise, imports fall
By Suze Metherell Sept. 24 (BusinessDesk) - New Zealand posted a narrower trade deficit in August as exports of live animals and dairy products underpinned international sales, and imports from major trading partners declined. The trade deficit shrank to $472 million in August from a revised July deficit of $724 million, and a shortfall of $1.24 billion in the same month a year earlier, according to Statistics New Zealand. That was below the $1.27 billion trade shortfall forecast in a Reuters poll of economists. The New Zealand dollar...