Posted AT 10:27 AM EST on 11/12/08
Export showing not as bad as feared
OTTAWA — Canada's battered export sector showed a tiny glimmer of hope in October, but the overall trade surplus shrank to $3.78-billion, the smallest since January, Statistics Canada said Thursday.
The surplus was slightly higher than the $3.3-billion expected by economists, but down from the revised September surplus of $4.25-billion. It marked the second straight month of decline for the trade surplus.
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