MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1978
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MACHINERY AND
5,454
6,490
+1,036
+ 19%
TRANSPORT EQUIPMENT
FOOD AND LIVE
4,076
4,489
+ 413
+ 10%
ANIMALS CHIEFLY
FOR FOOD
MISCELLANEOUS
3,340
4,448
+1,108
+ 33%
MANUFACTURED ARTICLES
(MAINLY WATCHES AND
CLOCKS, ARTICLES OF
APPAREL)
CHEMICALS AND RELATED PRODUCTS
2,094
2,448
354 + 17%
BIGGER INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN THE IMPORTS OF WATCHES AND CLOCKS ($1,578 MILLION, +35%), ROAD VEHICLES ($776 MILLION, +44%) AS WELL AS OFFICE MACHINES AND AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT ($665 MILLION, +42%). IN ADDITION, TEXTILE FABRICS ($2,835 MILLION), IRON AND STEEL ($1,020 MILLION) ALSO REGISTERED AN INCREASE OF ABOUT 27 PER CENT.
RE-EXPORTS CONTINUED TO GROW DUE TO INCREASED DEMANDS FROM JAPAN ($1,176 MILLION, +47% ), INDONESIA ($706 MILLION, +45%), TAIWAN ($628 MILLION, +35%), U.S.A. ($643 MILLION, +36%) AND SINGAPORE ($748 MILLION, +27%).
A RISE OF $286 MILLION (+72%) WAS REGISTERED FOR RE-EXPORTS OF DIAMONDS. FURTHERMORE, RE-EXPORTS OF WATCHES AND CLOCKS ALSO SHOWED AN INCREASE OF 20 PER CENT REACHING $474 MILLION AND TEXTILE AND RELATED PRODUCTS 17 PER CENT REACHING $824 MILLION. ROAD VEHICLES ROSE SHARPLY TO $159 MILLION (+107%) WHILE POWER GENERATING MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT ROSE TO $103 MILLION (+89%).
THE TRADE INDEXES FOR MAY 1978 WERE AS FOLLOWS:
VALUE INDEX
DOMESTIC EXPORTS
208
IMPORTS
209
QUANTUM (1973-100)
INDEX
UNIT VALUE
INDEX
136
153
141
148
THE TERMS OF TRADE INDEX FOR MAY WAS 96.
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