SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1978
TRADE FIGURES BY INDUSTRIAL ORIGINS
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THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT TODAY RELEASED QUARTERLY TRADE FIGURES ANALYSED BY INDUSTRIAL ORIGINS FOR THE FIRST AND SECOND QUARTERS OF 1978.
THE FIGURES ARE DERIVED FROM RE-GROUPING EACH SIX-DIGIT COMMODITY ITEM OF THE PRESENT TRADE CLASSIFICATION ACCORDING TO THE INDUSTRY OF WHICH THE COMMODITY IS A PRINCIPAL PRODUCT.
THE ANALYSIS SHOWS THAT FOR DOMESTIC EXPORTS, THE FOUR INDUSTRY GROUPS HAVING THE HIGHEST CONTRIBUTIONS WERE WEARING APPAREL, TEXTILES, ELECTRICAL MACHINERY AND APPLIANCES, AND PLASTIC PRODUCTS.
THEY TOGETHER ACCOUNTED FOR 73 PER CENT OF THE TOTAL DOMESTIC EXPORTS IN THE FIRST QUARTER AND 75 PER CENT IN THE SECOND QUARTER.
INCREASES IN THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS WERE HIGHEST IN THE CASE OF BEVERAGES, PLASTIC PRODUCTS AND TEXTILES, BEING 53 PER CENT, 46 PER CENT AND 38 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY OVER THE CORRESPONDING FIGURES OF THE FIRST QUARTER IN 1978.
ON THE OTHER HAND, NOTABLE DECREASES IN THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS WERE FOUND IN AGRICULTURAL, LIVESTOCK AND POULTRY (-42 PER CENT), FOOTWEAR (-29 PER CENT), AND TOBACCO (-25 PER CENT).
CONCERNING IMPORTS, PRODUCTS OF THE TEXTILES, ELECTRICAL MACHINERY AND APPLIANCES, CHEMICAL AND FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES TOGETHER TOOK UP AN IMPORTANT SHARE OF THE TOTAL IMPORT VALUE 46 PER CENT IN BOTH THE FIRST AND SECOND QUARTERS OF 1978.
THE HIGHEST INCREASES IN THE VALUE OF IMPORTS OCCURRED IN THE GROUPS OF MINING AND QUARRYING (81 PER CENT), LEATHER AND LEATHER PRODUCTS (46 PER CENT), AND WOOD AND CORK PRODUCTS (35 PER CENT).
FOR TRANSPORT EQUIPMENT, HOWEVER, A DECREASE OF 18 PER CENT WAS RECORDED IN THE VALUE OF IMPORTS.
FURTHER DETAILS REGARDING EXTERNAL TRADE STATISTICS RE-CLASSIFIED BY INDUSTRIAL ORIGIN MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION STATISTICS SECTION OF THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.
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