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5 UK TRADE DEFICIT WIDENS SHARPLY j
5 Britain's balance of payments j
5 deficit incriased sharply in the j
5 last three months of 1993, the j
5 Central Statistical Office has said j
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5 The gap between the tot l value of j
5 all exports and imports was £2.6 j
5 billion compared with £1.8 billion j
5 in the third quarter. j
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5 The trade deficit in visible goods j
5 was £3.8 billion, up from £3 j
5 bimlion in the third quartdr. j
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5 This was partly offset by a surplus j
5 in so-called invisible earnings j
5 totalling £1.2 billion. j
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