MANILA, Jan 10 (Reuters) - The Philippines posted a trade deficit of $4.69 billion for November, its widest gap in seven months, preliminary government data showed on Wednesday.

Imports in November rose 0.02%, the first increase since January 2023, to $10.82 billion from a year earlier, while exports dropped 13.7% to $6.13 billion, the Philippine Statistics Authority said. (Reporting by Neil Jerome Morales and Mikhail Flores; Editing by Christopher Cushing)