Domestic exports (in value terms)
1st half
1983
1st half 1982
Growth rate
($Mn)
($Mn)
(*)
All countries
43,160
37,827
14
USA
17,465
13,966
25
IK
3,469
3,180
9
FR Germany
3,302
3,075
7
China
2,497
1,819
37
Japan
1,590
1,360
17
Canada
1,512
1,134
33
Australia
Singapore
Rest of the world
1,086
1,304
-17
988
906
9
11,251
11,083
2
Domestic exports by main commodity group
2.9
Trade indexes available up to May indicate that domestic exports of textiles increased by nearly 20% and of
clothing by about 5% in real terms in the first half of this
year compared with the same period last year. Domestic
exports of products other than textiles and clothing also increased, by about 10% in real terms on average. Among the major product categories other than textiles and clothing, domestic exports of watches and clocks, electronic components,
and metal ores and scrap grew rapidly in real terms, but domestic exports of footwear, radios, travel goods and handbags declined.
Imports
2.10
The falling or zero growth rates of imports experienced throughout 1982 and in the first quarter of 1983
11
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