Manila, Dec. 12 -- The Philippines registered a USD273 million balance of payment surplus in the third quarter of 2025, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) reported Friday.

BSP data showed, however, that the said figure is lower than year-ago's USD3.68 billion.

For the first three quarters of this year, the BOP position is a deficit of USD5.3 billion, a decline year-on-year due to higher imports and the impact of global financial situation.

BSP data showed that the BOP, which is the summary of a country's total transactions with the rest of the world at a given time, as of end-September this year, is a turn-around from the USD5.12 billion surplus during the same period last year.

It traced the drop in the BOP position to shortfall i...