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BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, March 24 (Xinhua) -- Brunei's trade surplus for January amounted to 263.7 million U.S. dollars, according to the latest statistics released Friday by the country's Department of Economic Planning and Development, Prime Minister's Office.
Total exports amounted to 694.9 million Brunei dollars, while imports were valued at 325.8 million Brunei dollars.
Mineral fuels recorded the highest contribution of 92.7 percent of total exports, comprising crude oil (309.7 million Brunei dollars) and liquefied natural gas (LNG) (334.8 million Brunei dollars).
According to the department, the highest export market was Japan with 31.2 percent of total exports, followed by South Korea (21.6 percent), India (20.4 percent) and Thailand (11.0 percent).
In January, imports of goods increased by 5.2 percent from 309.6 million Brunei dollars in December 2016 to 325.8 million Brunei dollars. Top contributions of imports by commodity were machinery and transport equipment (38.1 percent), food (16.8 percent), manufactured goods (16.5 percent), mineral fuels (10.1 percent) and miscellaneous manufactured articles (8.1 percent).
The highest imports came from Malaysia with 17.7 percent of total imports, followed by Singapore (17.0 percent), China (14.5 percent) and Britain (12.6 percent). Enditem (1 U.S. dollar equals to 1.40 Brunei dollars)
