THAI TRADE DEFICIT WIDENS IN FEBRUARY Thailand's trade deficit widened to an estimated 4.7 billion baht in February from 2.1 billion in January and 2.8 billion a year ago, the Bank of Thailand said. Exports fell to around 18.9 billion baht from 20.4 billion in January compared with 17.4 billion a year ago, the bank said. Imports rose to 23.6 billion baht from 22.5 billion in January. They were 20.2 billion in February 1986. The bank said the trade deficit for the two months widened to an estimated 6.8 billion baht from 5.2 billion a year ago. February's current account showed a 1.2 billion baht deficit compared with 1.7 billion in January and 263 mln a year ago. The current account for the two months posted an estimated 500 mln baht surplus, down from 1.2 billion a year ago. A surplus in the country's balance of payments narrowed to 3.2 billion baht in February from 4.6 billion the previous month but was higher than 1.5 billion a year ago. The bank said the balance of payments surplus for the first two months of 1987 widened to 7.8 billion baht from 4.6 billion from the same period in 1986, while the net capital inflow rose to five billion baht from 3.1 billion.