THAI TRADE DEFICIT WIDENS IN FEBRUARY

  Thailand's trade deficit widened to an
  estimated 4.7 billion baht in February from 2.1 billion in
  January and 2.8 billion a year ago, the Bank of Thailand said.
      Exports fell to around 18.9 billion baht from 20.4 billion
  in January compared with 17.4 billion a year ago, the bank
  said.
      Imports rose to 23.6 billion baht from 22.5 billion in
  January. They were 20.2 billion in February 1986.
      The bank said the trade deficit for the two months widened
  to an estimated 6.8 billion baht from 5.2 billion a year ago.
      February's current account showed a 1.2 billion baht
  deficit compared with 1.7 billion in January and 263 mln a year
  ago.
      The current account for the two months posted an estimated
  500 mln baht surplus, down from 1.2 billion a year ago.
      A surplus in the country's balance of payments narrowed to
  3.2 billion baht in February from 4.6 billion the previous
  month but was higher than 1.5 billion a year ago.
      The bank said the balance of payments surplus for the first
  two months of 1987 widened to 7.8 billion baht from 4.6 billion
  from the same period in 1986, while the net capital inflow rose
  to five billion baht from 3.1 billion.
  

