Domestic exports (in value terms)
1982 Q1
($Mn)
1983 Q1 ($Mn)
growth rate (8)
All countries
17,504
18,629
6
USA
6,018
7,133
19
FR Germany
1,487
1,554
5
UK
1,553
1,476
-5
China
928
1,063
15
Japan
631
714
13
Canada
510
626
23
Australia
671
525
-22
Singapore
426
444
4
Rest of the world
5,280
5,094
-4
Imports
2.6
At $34,140 million, the value of imports in the
first quarter of 1983 was only 2% higher than in the same period of 1982. On the basis of trade indexes available up to February, this growth was
this growth was made up of an increase of 3% in
prices, and a decline of 1% in real terms.
Growth rates of imports (%)
Retained imports
Year-on-year comparison
In money In real
terms
terms
Rate of increase
in prices
In real
terms
1982/1981 Q1
7
-4
12
-5
Q2
Q3
Q4
1982/1981
1983/1982
Q1
2 13 3 2
4
6
-4
-1
2
1
0
2
1
-2
6
-2
-1*
3*
-3*
Note: (*)
Estimated by using trade indexes available up to February 1983.
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