In seasonally adjusted Swiss foreign trade, the positive trend of the Previous quarters continued in the starting quarter of 2018; at the same time registered both trade directions new record levels. While exports rose by 0.2 percent, imports reversed 4.1 percent too. The different growth rates between exports and imports led to the lowest surplus in the trade balance for four and a half years. After the strong boost in the final quarter of 2017, exports declined in the first quarter of 2018 Seasonally adjusted by 0.2 percent (real: - 1.8 percent) to the new record of 57.5 billion Franconia too. This continued the ... (full story)