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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 21, 1978
PROVISIONAL TRADE FIGURES FOR MAY
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THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS FOR LAST MONTH (MAY) WAS $3,373 MILLION, IMPORTS WERE WORTH $5,061 MILLION AND RE-EXPORTS $1,163 MILLION, ACCORDING TO THE PROVISIONAL TRADE FIGURES ISSUED BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT TODAY.
THE FIGURES FOR THE LATEST THREE MONTHS (MARCH TO MAY) SHOWED INCREASES, BY VALUE, OF 17.4 PER CENT FOR DOMESTIC EXPORTS, 21.8 PER CENT FOR IMPORTS AND 36.8 PER CENT FOR RE-EXPORTS COMPARED WITH THE SAME PERIOD IN 1977.
COMPARED WITH MAY LAST YEAR, EXPORTS INCREASED, BY VALUE, OF $415 MILLION OR 14 PER CENT, IMPORTS BY $885 MILLION OR 21.2 PER CENT AND RE-EXPORTS BY $341 MILLION OR 41.5 PER CENT.
THE SHORT TERM CHANGES, MAY 1978 COMPARED WITH APRIL 1978, SHOWED INCREASES OF $330 MILLION OR 10.8 PER CENT FOR DOMESTIC EXPORTS, $93 MILLION OR 1.9 PER CENT FOR IMPORTS AND $162 MILLION OR 16.2 PER CENT FOR RE-EXPORTS. AS USUAL, EXPORTS CONTINUED TO RISE IN MAY ON A MID-YEAR SEASONAL UPSWING.
THE FIGURES FOR THE 12-MONTH PERIOD FROM JUNE 1977 TO MAY 1978 COMPARED WITH THOSE OF THE PREVIOUS 12-MONTH PERIOD SHOWED INCREASES, BY VALUE, OF 8.3 PER CENT FOR DOMESTIC EXPORTS, 14.4 PER CENT FOR IMPORTS AND 17.7 PER CENT FOR RE-EXPORTS.
FOLLOWING ARE COMPARATIVE TRADE FIGURES :-
LATEST 3 MONTHS
MARCH- MAY MARCH
1978
MAY
1977
* MN.
$ MN.
INCREASE OR DECREASE
$ MN.
R
DOMESTIC EXPORTS
9,275
7,902
+ 1,374
+17.4
IMPORTS
14,911
12,238
+ 2,673
+21.8
RE-EXPORTS
3,152
2,304
848 +36.8
MAY
MAY
INCREASE OR
SAME MONTH LAST YEAR
1978
1977
DECREASE
$ MN.
$ MN.
$ MN.
%
DOMESTIC EXPORTS
3,373
(% OF TOTAL EXPORTS)
(74.4%)
2,958 (78.3%)
415
+14.0
IMPORTS
5,061
4,176
885
+21.2
RE-EXPORTS
1,163
822
341
+41.5
(% OF TOTAL EXPORTS)
(25.6%)
(21.7%)
/LAST MONTH