Finance Ministry officials apologized Thursday for mistakenly releasing national merchandise trade data on the ministry’s Web site a day earlier than scheduled.
The data appeared on the Web site around 6 p.m. Wednesday, then was withdrawn at around 10 p.m. after officials were notified by an outside party, according to the ministry.
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