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TUESDAY, JULY 24, 1979
THE SPOKESMAN ADDED THAT THE VISIBLE TRADE DEFICIT FOR THE FIRST HALF OF THIS YEAR, AT $5,915 MILLION, REPRESENTS 15.4 PER CENT OF THE VALUE OF IMPORTS. THIS PERCENTAGE WAS SMALLER
THAN THE 17.2 PER CENT FOR THE FIRST HALF OF 1978.
THE FOLLOWING ARE THE PROVISIONAL MERCHANDISE TRADE FIGURES FOR JUNE 1-
MERCHANDISE.
DOMESTIC EXPORTS
$4,590 MILLION
RE-EXPORTS
$1,745 MILLION
TOTAL EXPORTS
$6,335 MILLION
IMPORTS
#
$6,965 MILLION
TRADE BALANCE
630 MILLION
IN DEFICIT)
COMPARATIVE FIGURES
LATEST 3 MONTHS
APRIL — JUNE 1979
APRIL
-
1978
JUNE
INCREASE OR
DECREASE
MN.
$ MN.
$ MN.
%
DOMESTIC EXPORTS
13,298
9,763
+3,535 +36.2
RE-EXPORTS
4,989
3,282
+1,707 +52.0
TOTAL EXPORTS
18,288
13,045
+5,243 +40.2
IMPORTS
20,967
15,178
+5,789 +38,1
TRADE BALANCE
- 2,679
- 2,133
546
JUNE
SAME MONTH LAST YEAR
1979
JUNE 1978
INCREASE OR
DECREASE
$ MN.
$ MN.
$ MN.
96
DOMESTIC EXPORTS
4,590
(% OF TOTAL EXPORTS)
(72.5%)
3,336 (75.7%)
+1,254 +37.6
RE-EXPORTS
1,745
1,073
672
+62.7
TOTAL EXPORTS
6,335
4,409
+1,926 +43.7
IMPORTS
6,965
5,105
+1,861
+36.5
TRADE BALANCE
630
696
66
/LAST MONTH