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SUNDAY, MAY 21, 1970,
PROVISIONAL TRADE FIGURES FOR APRIL
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THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS FOR LAST MONTH (APRIL) WAS 03,038 MILLION, IMPORTS WERE WORTH $4,948 MILLION AND RE-EXPORTS $1,001 MILLION, ACCORDING TO THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT'S PROVISIONAL TRADE FIGURES PUBLISHED TODAY.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT SAID THE VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS IS A RECORD HIGH FIGURE, EXCEEDING THE $1,000 MILLION MARK FOR THE FIRST TIME,
THE FIGURES FOR THE PERIOD FEBRUARY TO APRIL 1978 (LATEST THREE MONTHS) SHOWED INCREASES, EY VALUE, OF 11.5 PER CENT FOR DOMESTIC EXPORTS, 20.1 PER CENT FOR IMPORTS AND 29.1 PER CENT FOR RE-EXPORTS, COMPARED WITH THE SAME PERIOD IN 1977.
COMPARED WITH APRIL LAST YEAR, EXPORTS INCREASED, BY VALUE, OF $420 MILLION OR 16.1 PER CENT, IMPORTS EY 819 MILLION OR 19.8 PER CENT AND RE-EXPORTS BY $282 MILLION OR 39.2 PER CENT.
THE SHORT TERM CHANGES, APRIL 1978 COMPARED WITH MARCH 1978, SHOWED INCREASES OF $178 MILLION OR 6.2 PER CENT FOR DOMESTIC EXPORTS, $66 MILLION OR 1.3 PER CENT FOR IMPORTS AND $14 MILLION OR 1.4 PER CENT FOR RE-EXPORTS.
THE FIGURES FOR THE 12-MONTH PERIOD FROM MAY 1977 TO APRIL 1978 COMPARED WITH THOSE OF THE PREVIOUS CORRESPONDING 12 MONTHS SHOWED INCREASES, BY VALUE, OF 7.9 PER CENT FOR DOMESTIC EXPORTS, 13.4 PER CENT FOR IMPORTS AND 14.8 PER CENT FOR RE-EXPORTS.
FOLLOWING ARE COMPARATIVE TRADE FIGURES :-
FEB.
-
APRIL
LATEST 3 MONTHS
1978
FEE. - APRIL 1977
INCREASE OR DECREASE
MN.
$ MN.
ป MN.
DOMESTIC EXPORTS
8,023
7,198
IMPORTS
13,740
11,440
825 + 11.5
+2,300 + 20.1
RE-EXPORTS
2,766
2,141
+ 624
+ 29.1
/SAME MONTH