A rise in exports and a drop in imports has allowed Spain’s trade deficit to fall by 29 percent between January and September to 13.2 billion euros. <br /><br /> Exports crept up 1.2 percent in the first nine months of the year from a year earlier to 188.5 billion euros, a record for that period, while imports slipped 1.6 percent to 201.7 billion euros.<br /><br /> In September, the deficit was down 13.2 percent from a year earlier, to 2.2 billion euros as exports remained stable at 21.4 billion euros and imports fell 1.4 percent to 23.7 billion euros.<br />
