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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1979
THE GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN SAID THAT THESE DEVELOPMENTS INDICATED THAT THE ECONOMY APPEARED TO BE ON A SATISFACTORY COURSE, WITH DOMESTIC DEMAND SLOWING DOWN, THUS ALLOWING MORE RESOURCES TO BE MADE AVAILABLE FOR THE EXPORT SECTOR.
THE FOLLOWING ARE COMPARATIVE TRADE FIGURES:
LATEST 3 MONTHS
SEPT.-NOV. 1979
SEPT.-NOV. 1978
1
INCREASE OR
DECREASE
$ MN.
$ MN.
$ MN.
ER
%
DOMESTIC EXPORTS
15 960
.11 385
+ 4 575
+ 40.2
RE-EXPORTS
5 531
3 854
+ 1 677
+ 43.5
TOTAL EXPORTS
21 491
15 239
+ 6 252
+ 41.0
IMPORTS
24 157
17 642
+ 6 515
+ 36.9
TRADE BALANCE
- 2 666
-
2 403
263
SAME MONTH LAST YEAR
NOVEMBER 1979
$ MN.
NOVEMBER 1978
MN.
DOMESTIC EXPORTS
(% OF TOTAL EXPORTS)
5 337 (72.7%)
3 797 (73.3%)
INCREASE OR
DECREASE
$ MN.
%
+ 1 540 + 40.6
RE-EXPORTS
2 002
1 383
619
+ 44.7
TOTAL EXPORTS
7 339
5 180
+ 2 158
+ 41.7
IMPORTS
8 232
6 420
+ 1 812
+ 28.2
TRADE BALANCE
893
- 1 240
347
NOVEMBER
LAST MONTH
1979
OCTOBER
1979
$ MN.
$ MN.
INCREASE OR
DECREASE
$ MN.
%
DOMESTIC EXPORTS
(% OF TOTAL EXPORTS)
5 337 (72.7%)
5 322 (74.8%)
15
+ 0.3
RE-EXPORTS
2 002
1 796
206
+ 11.5
TOTAL EXPORTS
7 339
7 118
220
3.1
IMPORTS
8 232
8 299
67
-
0.8
TRADE BALANCE
893
-
- 1 181
288
/CALENDAR YEAR