	japan march interim  surplus falls japan s customs cleared  surplus fell to billion dlrs in the first days of march from a billion surplus a year earlier the ministry of finance said the march interim surplus compared with a billion dlr surplus in the same february period fob exports in the first days of march rose pct from a year earlier to billion dlrs and cif imports rose pct to billion the average yen dollar rate used for the statistics was yen against a year earlier reuter 
