Imports up, exports down in Germany - economy

German imports climbed in February. Adjusted for seasonal factors like weather, imports were up by 0.4 percent at 77.6 billion euros.

That took them to their highest level since the Federal Statistics Office started compiling data for the reunified Germany 23 years ago.

At the same time exports fell by a larger-than-expected 1.3 percent. They had been forecast to decline by 0.5 percent.

Economists linked that to the turbulence in emerging markets as well as the Crimea crisis.

Overall the fig...
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