For May 2017 compared with May 2016:

• Goods exports rose $395 million (8.7 percent) to 5.0 billion.

• Milk powder, butter, and cheese rose $342 million (42 percent).

• Meat and edible offal rose $30 million (4.5 percent)

• Goods exports to China rose $140 million (17 percent).

• Goods exports to Japan rose $96 million (34 percent).

• Goods imports rose $635 million (15 percent) to $4.8 billion.

• Intermediate goods rose $435 million (26 percent).

• Consumption goods rose $65 million (5.8 percent).

• Capital goods fell $22 million (2.3 percent).

• Passenger motor cars rose $87 million (23 percent).

• Petrol and avgas rose $62 million (91 percent).

• Goods imports from Australia rose $118 million (24 percent).

• Goods imports from China rose $101 million (13 percent).

The monthly trade balance was a surplus of $103 million (2.1 percent of exports).

The annual trade deficit widened to $3.8 billion, from $3.6 billion in April 2017.