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Inter-Korean trade jumps 52 percent in Feb.


SEOUL, March 17 (Yonhap) -- Trade between South and North Korea rose sharply last month on the back of an economic turnaround, a government report showed Wednesday.

Inter-Korean trade soared 52.1 percent from a year ago to US$153.49 million in February, according to the report by the Korea Customs Service.
South Korea's outbound shipments came to $77.14 million while its imports from the communist country amounted to $76.35 million for the South's trade surplus with the North reaching $792,000, the report said.