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SUNDAY, APRIL 23, 1978
LAST MONTH
MARCH 1978
FEBRUARY
1978
INCREASE OR
DECREASE
$
MN.
$
MN.
MN. 9%
DOMESTIC EXPORTS
2.860
2,125
734 +34.5
(% OF TOTAL EXPORTS)
(74.3%)
(73.2%)
IMPORTS
4,882
3,910
972
+24.9
RE-EXPORTS
(% OF TOTAL EXPORTS)
987 (25.7%)
778 (26.8%)
209
+26.9
LAST 12 MONTHS
APRIL 1977 TO MARCH 1978
APRIL 1976 TO MARCH 1977
INCREASE OR
DECREASE
$ MN.
$ MN.
$ MN. %
DOMESTIC EXPORTS
35,439
33,056
+2,383
+ 7.2
IMPORTS
50,638
44,717
+5,921
+13.2
RE-EXPORTS
10,213
9,079
+1,134 +12.5
CONSUMER PRICE INDEX FOR MARCH
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THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEXES (A) AND (B) FOR LAST MONTH (MARCH) WERE BOTH 122, EACH DOWN BY ONE POINT COMPARED WITH THOSE OF THE PREVIOUS MONTH.
THE INDEX FOR FOODSTUFFS DECLINED BY ONE POINT IN C.P.I. (A) AND WAS UNCHANGED IN C.P.I. (B).
THE AVERAGE RETAIL PRICES OF FRESH VEGETABLES AND FRESH FRUITS FELL AS A RESULT OF LOWER PRICES FOR MOST VARIETIES OF LEAF VEGETABLES AND FOR APPLES, ORANGES AND BANANAS.
THE AVERAGE RETAIL PRICE OF PORK DROPPED DUE TO LOWER WHOLESALE PRICES FOR LIVE SWINE, AND THE AVERAGE RETAIL PRICE OF LIVE POULTRY ALSO FELL BECAUSE OF REDUCED DEMAND AFTER THE CHINESE NEW YEAR.
/HOWEVER,