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THURSDAY, JUNE 26, 1980
CALENDAR YEAR TO-DATE
JAN
-
1980
MAY
JAN
-
MAY
1979
INCREASE OR
DECREASE
$ M
$ M
$ M
%
DOMESTIC EXPORTS
(% OF TOTAL EXPORTS)
25 061 (69.8%)
18 824 (71.6%)
+ 6 237
+33.1
RE-EXPORTS
10 863
7 452
+ 3 412
+ 45.8
TOTAL EXPORTS
35 924
26 275
+ 9 648
+ 36.7
IMPORTS
43 182
31 560
+11 622
+ 36.8
TRADE BALANCE
- 7 258
- 5 285
- 1 973
LAST 12 MONTHS
JUNE 1979
ΤΟ MAY 1980
JUNE 1978
TO MAY 1979
INCREASE OR DECREASE
$ M
$M
DOMESTIC EXPORTS
62 149
45 405
SM
+ 16 743 + 36.9
%
RE-EXPORTS
23 434
15 791
7 643 + 48.4
TOTAL EXPORTS
85 582
61 196
+ 24 386 + 39.8
IMPORTS
97 459
71 480
+ 25 979 + 36.3
TRADE BALANCE
-11 877
-10 284
1 593
CONSUMER PRICE INDICES ONE POINT UP
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THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX (A) AND THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX (B) FOR MAY 1980 WERE BOTH 157, EACH ONE POINT HIGHER THAT FOR THE PREVIOUS MONTH.
THE CPI (A) IS BASED ON WEIGHTS DERIVED FROM THE EXPENDITURE PATTERN OF HOUSEHOLDS SPENDING BETWEEN $400 AND $1 499 A MONTH AND THE CP1 (B) FROM THOSE SPENDING BETWEEN $1 500 AND $2 999 A MONTH, AS DETERMINED FROM THE HOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURE SURVEY OF 1973/74.
THE CHANGES FOR MAY 1980 IN RESPECT OF THE COMPONENTS OF THE TWO INDICES, COMPARED WITH THE PREVIOUS MONTH AND WITH THE CORRESPONDING MONTH IN 1979, ARE:
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