JAPAN'S JUNE INTERIM TRADE SURPLUS NARROWS
  Japan's custom-cleared trade surplus
  narrowed to 1.61 billion dlrs in the first 10 days of June from
  1.97 billion a year earlier, the Finance Ministry said.
      The June interim surplus compares with a 1.76 billion dlr
  surplus in the same May period.
      FOB exports in the first 10 days of June rose 17.6 pct from
  a year earlier to 6.05 billion dlrs while CIF imports rose 39.6
  pct to 4.44 billion.
      The average yen/dollar rate used for the figures was 141.04
  yen against 169.03 a year earlier.
  

