BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, March 22 (Xinhua) — Brunei recorded 659.4 million Brunei {dollars} (494.2 million U.S. {dollars}) in commerce surplus for December 2022, a 37.2-percent improve contributed by an increase in export and a drop in import.
The newest statistics confirmed that Brunei’s exports in December elevated 4.5 p.c year-on-year to 1,564.0 million Brunei {dollars}, which was primarily because of the rise in export of liquefied pure gasoline and different petroleum and gasoline merchandise.
Imports decreased by 11 p.c yearly to 904.6 million Brunei {dollars} in December 2022. Mineral fuels recorded the very best share of complete imports with 63.6 p.c.
The highest share of exports in December 2022 went to Japan (30.0 p.c), adopted by Australia (22.3 p.c) and Singapore (13.6 p.c).
The greatest import accomplice was Malaysia (22.7 p.c), adopted by China (17.3 p.c) and the United Arab Emirates (14.5 p.c). (1 Brunei dollar equals 0.75 U.S. {dollars}).