菲律宾国家统计局日前发表的统计报告说 ,由于出口迅速增加 ,去年１至１１月 ,菲律宾的贸易顺差达４０亿美元 ,而１９９８年同期则是６．２４亿美元的赤字。报告说 ,去年头１１个月菲律宾的贸易总额为６０１．６亿美元 ,比１９９８年同期增加１０ .２%。在贸易总额中 ,出口额增 The Philippine National Bureau of Statistics recently released a statistical report saying that due to the rapid increase in exports, the Philippines’ trade surplus reached US$4 billion from January to November last year, compared with a deficit of US$624 million in the same period of 1998. The report said that in the first 11 months of last year, the total trade volume of the Philippines was 60.16 billion US dollars, an increase of 10.2% over the same period of 1998. In the total trade, the amount of exports increased