The trade deficit narrowed to $60.2bn in June, from $71.5bn. This was the smallest deficit in almost two years, with a normalisation in pharmaceutical goods imports causing total imports to decline by 3.7% m/m. While total exports fell by 0.5%, once we strip out volatile gold outflows, the remaining exports rose by 3.2%.
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