trend in export

The underlying trend in exports is still very strong."

"Despite the volatility of monthly trade figures," she said, "the trend in export growth remains solid."

"The trend in exports is booming," he added, despite the dollar's strength and the lackluster performance of various trading partners whose economies have only begun to revive.

"It's hard to assume that the upward trend in exports will spread to other parts of the economy," Yutaka Yamaguchi, deputy governor of the bank, said earlier this month.