国际英语新闻：Japan's exports grow 14.4% in Sept.

TOKYO, Oct. 25 (Xinhua) -- Japan's exports increased 14.4 percent in September from a year earlier and its trade surplus from April to September was up 83 percent on year, Kyodo News reported Monday.

The value of Japan's exports expanded to 5.8 trillion yen (about 72 billion U.S. dollars) in September, the Ministry of Finance said.

The value of exports climbed for the 10th consecutive month, but the pace of growth was the slowest this year.

Exports to China and other Asian economies increased 14.3 percent, extending the expansion to 11 months. The rate of growth has slowed down compared with 18.0 percent in August, 23.8 percent in July and 31.6 percent in June.

For the first half of fiscal 2010, Japan's exports surged 25.0 percent from a year earlier to 34.1 trillion yen. The trade surplus for the April-September period jumped 83 percent to 3.42 trillion yen.

The imports in September grew 9.9 percent to 5.05 trillion yen, with the trade surplus hiking 54.0 percent to 797.0 billion yen, according to a preliminary report of the ministry.