THURSDAY, JANUARY 26, 1978
PROVISIONAL TRADE FIGURES FOR DECEMBER 1977
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THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS FOR DECEMBER 1977 WAS $3,577 MILLION, IMPORTS WERE WORTH $4,916 MILLION AND RE-EXPORTS $975 MILLION, ACCORDING TO THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT'S PROVISIONAL TRADE FIGURES PUBLISHED TODAY.
THE FIGURES FOR THE PERIOD OCTOBER TO DECEMBER 1977 (LATEST THREE MONTHS) SHOWED INCREASES, BY VALUE, OF 8.2 PER CENT OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS, 15.4 PER CENT FOR IMPORTS AND 12.4 PER CENT FOR RE-EXPORTS COMPARED WITH THE SAME PERIOD IN 1976.
COMPARED WITH THE SAME MONTH IN 1976, INCREASES, BY VALUE, OF $485 MILLION OR 15.7 PER CENT IN EXPORTS, $851 MILLION OR 20.9 PER CENT IN IMPORTS AND $163 MILLION OR 20.1 PER CENT IN RE-EXPORTS WERE RECORDED.
THE SHORT TERM CHANGES, DECEMBER 1977 COMPARED WITH NOVEMBER 1977, SHOWED INCREASES OF $522 MILLION OR 17.1 PER CENT FOR DOMESTIC EXPORTS, $591 MILLION OR 13.7 PER CENT FOR IMPORTS AND $106 MILLION OR 12.2 PER CENT FOR RE-EXPORTS. DECEMBER EXPORTS WERE AT AN ALL TIME RECORD HIGH LEVEL.
THE FIGURES FOR THE WHOLE YEAR OF 1977 COMPARED WITH THOSE OF 1976 SHOWED INCREASES, BY VALUE, OF 7.3 PER CENT FOR DOMESTIC EXPORTS, 12.5 PER CENT FOR IMPORTS AND 10.1 PER CENT FOR RE-EXPORTS.
FOLLOWING ARE COMPARATIVE TRADE FIGURES:
OCTOBER
—
OCTOBER
LATEST 3 MONTHS
DECEMBER 1977 DECEMBER 1976
INCREASE OR
DECREASE
MN.
MK.
MN.
DOMESTIC EXPORTS
9,533
8,807
+ 726
8.2
IMPORTS
13,519
11,714
RE-EXPORTS
2,740
2,437
+1,805
303
+ 15.4
+ 12.4
/SAME MONTH LAST YEAR