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THURSDAY, MARCH 20, 1980
MISCELLANEOUS
MANUFACTURED ARTICLES
MAINLY WATCHES AND CLOCKS, ARTICLES OF APPAREL)
FOOD AND LIVE ANIMALS
CHIEFLY FOR FOOD
1 083
652
+ 431
66
881
736
+ 145
20
MINERAL FUELS,
LUBRICANTS
AND RELATED MATERIALS 733
287
+ 446
+ 155
CHEMICALS AND
RELATED PRODUCTS
690
397
+ 293
74
BY COMMODITY, INCREASES IN IMPORTS WERE DUE MAINLY TO PETROLEUM AND RELATED PRODUCTS (BY $440 MILLION OR 161 PER CENT), TEXTILES (BY $214 MILLION OR 25 PER CENT), MISCELLANEOUS NON- METALLIC MINERAL MANUFACTURES (BY $198 MILLION OR 71 PER CENT) ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES (BY $167 MILLION OR 48 PER CENT), AND WATCHES AND CLOCKS (BY $153 MILLION OR 70 PER CENT).
Á RECORD GROWTH OF $163 MILLION OR 417 PER CENT WAS RECORDED FOR RE-EXPORTS TO CHINA. RE-EXPORTS TO USA, TAIWAN AND SINGAPORE ALSO SHOWED INCREASES OF $77 MILLION OR 70 PER CENT, $62 MILLION OR 48 PER CENT, AND $33 MILLION OR 27 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY.
VERY ACTIVE DEMAND FOR RE-EXPORTS WAS RECORDED, PARTICULARLY FOR NON-FERROUS METALS (BY $101 MILLION OR 602 PER CENT) METALLIFEROUS ORES AND METAL SCRAP (BY $53 MILLION OR 2 942 PER CENT), CLOTHING (BY $50 MILLION OR 96 PER CENT), WATCHES AND CLOCKS (BY $49 MILLION OR 61 PER CENT), AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $44 MILLION OR 140 PER CENT).
THE TRADE INDICES FOR DECEMBER 1979 (1973 - 100) WERE AS FOLLOWS:
VALUE INDEX
DOMESTIC EXPORTS
345
IMPORTS
345
UNIT VALUE
INDEX
QUANTUM INDEX
171
202
178
.194
THE TRADE INDEX FOR DECEMBER 1979 WAS 96.
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