Japan Exports and Trade Surplus December 2007

Japan's export growth slowed for the second consecutive month in December as a decline in U.S. demand reduced sales of items like cars and electronics in what is still the country's largest overseas market. Exports, which were the key factor responsible for almost all of Japan's third-quarter GDP growth, rose 6.9 percent from a year earlier, after climbing 9.7 percent in November, according to