SUNDAY, JANUARY 21, 1979
FOLLOWING ARE COMPARATIVE TRADE FIGURES :-
LATEST 3 MONTHS
OCT.-DEC.
1978
INCREASE OR
DECREASE
OCT.-DEC.
1977
$ MN.
$ MN.
$ MN.
%.
DOMESTIC EXPORTS
IMPORTS
RE-EXPORTS
11,908
9,532
+ 2,376
+ 24.9
18,834
13,519
+ 5,315
+ 39.3
3,840
2,740
+ 1,100 + 40.2
TRADE BALANCE
- 3,086
- 1,247
SAME MONTH LAST YEAR
DECEMBER
1978
DECEMBER 1977
1,839
INCREASE OR
DECREASE
MN.
$ MN.
$ MN.
96
DOMESTIC EXPORTS
4.305
(% OF TOTAL EXPORTS)
(77.9%)
3,577 (78.6%)
728 + 20.4
IMPORTS
6,809
4,916
+ 1,893 + 38.5
RE-EXPORTS
1,218
975
244
+ 25.0
(% OF TOTAL EXPORTS)
(22.1%)
(21.4%)
TRADE BALANCE
- 1,286
364
922
LAST MONTH
DECEMBER 1978
NOVEMBER 1978
INCREASE OR
DECREASE
$ MN.
$ MN.
$ MN.
%
DOMESTIC EXPORTS
4,305
3,797
508
+ 13.4
(% OF TOTAL EXPORTS)
(77.9%)
(73.3%)
IMPORTS
6,809
6,420
390
6.1
RE-EXPORTS
(% OF TOTAL EXPORTS)
TRADE BALANCE
LAST 12 MONTHS
1,218 (22.1%)
- 1,286
JAN.-DEC.
1978
1,383
165
11.9
(26.7%)
-
- 1,240
46
JAN.-DEC.
1977
$ MN.
$ MN.
DOMESTIC EXPORTS
40.703
35,004
(% OF TOTAL EXPORTS)
(75.5%)
(78.1%)
IMPORTS
63,024
48,701
+14,323
+ 29.4
RE-EXPORTS
13,189
(% OF TOTAL EXPORTS)
(24.5%)
9,829 (21.9%)
+ 3,360 + 34.2
TRADE BALANCE
-9.132
- 3,869
--
5,264
INCREASE OR
DECREASE
$ MN.
%%
+ 5,699 + 16.3