date:Jun 05, 2012
r horticultural products and for sugar and tropical products. Smaller import projections for sugar and rubber offset gains from coffee beans.
Given that the forecast for exports is up $3.5 billion, compared with the February forecast, while imports are rising only $1 billion, the trade balance for 2012 is a surplus of $27 billion, still lower than the record $43 billion in 2011.