(Reuters) - Also behind a sharp expansion in the surplus was a slowdown in growth of imports, largely due to falling crude oil prices and a fall in imports of clothing from China.
The customs-cleared trade surplus rose 73.9 percent in March from a year earlier to 1.6335 trillion yen , above economists' median forecast for a surplus of 1.3458 trillion yen, data from the Ministry of Finance showed.
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