THURSDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1978
THE SHORT TERM CHANGES NOVEMBER 1978 COMPARED WITH OCTOBER 1978 - SHOWED INCREASES OF $815 MILLION OR 14.5 PER CENT FOR IMPORTS, $145 MILLION OR 11.7 PER CENT FOR RE-EXPORTS, AND A DECREASE OF $9 MILLION OR 0.2 PER CENT FOR DOMESTIC EXPORTS.
THE FIGURES FOR THE 12-MONTH PERIOD FROM DECEMBER, 1977, TO NOVEMBER, 1978, COMPARED WITH THOSE FOR THE PREVIOUS 12-MONTH PERIOD SHOWED INCREASES, BY VALUE, OF 15.8 PER CENT FOR DOMESTIC EXPORTS, 27.6 PER CENT FOR IMPORTS AND 33.8 PER CENT FOR RE-EXPORTS.
THE FOLLOWING IS THE PROVISIONAL MERCHANDISE TRADE FIGURES FOR NOVEMBER, 1978:
MERCHANDISE.
DOMESTIC EXPORTS
. $3,797 MILLION
IMPORTS
RE-EXPORTS
: $6,420 MILLION
: $1,383 MILLION
TRADE BALANCE
: $1,240 MILLION (IN DEFICIT)
COMPARATIVE FIGURES
LATEST 3 MONTHS
SEPT.-NOV. 1978
SEPT.-NOV. 1977
$ MN.
$ MN.
INCREASE OR
DECREASE
$ MN.
%%
DOMESTIC EXPORTS
11,339
8,939
+ 2,400 + 26.8
IMPORTS
17,529
12,347
+ 5,182 + 42.0
RE-EXPORTS
3,822
2,589
+
TRADE BALANCE
- 2,368
819
SAME MONTH
LAST YEAR
NOVEMBER 1978
NOVEMBER 1977
$ MN.
$ MN.
DOMESTIC EXPORTS
(% OF TOTAL
EXPORTS)
IMPORTS
3,797 (73.3%)
3,055 (77.9%)
-
1,233 + 47.6
1,549
INCREASE OR
DECREASE
$ MN.
742
%
+ 24.3
6,420
4,325
RE-EXPORTS
(% OF TOTAL
EXPORTS)
1,383 (26.7%)
868
+ 2,095
+48.4
515 + 59.3
(22.1%)
TRADE BALANCE
- 1,240
402
-
838
/LAST MONTH