THURSDAY, JUNE 15, 1978
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IN CONTRAST, RE-EXPORTS OF COFFEE, TEA, COCOA, SPICES AND MANUFACTURES DECLINED FROM $142 MILLION IN JANUARY APRIL 1977 TO $22 MILLION IN THE FIRST FOUR MONTHS OF THIS YEAR.
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BY MARKET, RE-EXPORTS TO JAPAN ($605 MILLION, +23.6 PER CENT), SINGAPORE ($416 MILLION, +31.7 PER CENT), INDONESIA ($409 MILLION, +95.1 PER CENT) AND U.S.A. ($339 MILLION, +30.8 PER CENT) RECORDED SIZEABLE INCREASES.
THE TRADE INDEX NUMBERS FOR FEBRUARY 1978 WERE AS FOLLOWS:-
VALUE INDEX
UNIT VALUE
INDEX
QUANTUM INDEX
DOMESTIC
131
134
98
EXPORTS
IMPORTS
162
138
117
THE TERMS OF TRADE INDEX FOR FEBRUARY WAS 97.
(1973-100)
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