PORT LOUIS: Mauritius' trade deficit narrowed 4 percent in April to 6.08 billion rupees ($172.5 million) from a year earlier helped by imports of mineral fuels and lubricants costing less, the statistics office said on Wednesday.

The value of imports fell 16 percent to 12.44 billion rupees, with the cost of mineral fuels and lubricants down to 1.29 billion rupees from 2.63 billion rupees a year ago, the agency said in a statement.

Exports from the Indian Ocean island dropped to 6.36 billion rupees from 8.40 billion rupees in the comparative period, the data showed.

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