SUNDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1982
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JANUARY TO OCTOBER EXTERNAL TRADE FIGURES
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TOTAL MERCHANDISE TRADE FOR JANUARY TO OCTOBER 1982, VALUED AT $220 059 MILLION, SHOWED AN INCREASE OF FOUR PER CENT AS COMPARED WITH THE SAME PERIOD IN 1981, ACCORDING TO FIGURES RELEASED TODAY BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.
DOMESTIC EXPORTS ROSE BY THREE PER CENT TO $67 493 MILLION, IMPORTS BY THREE PER CENT TO $116 649 MILLION AND RE-EXPORTS BY SIX PER CENT TO $35 917 MILLION.
DOMESTIC EXPORTS AND RE-EXPORTS TOGETHER SHOWED AN INCREASE OF FOUR PER CENT.
THE CHANGES IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO THE TEN MAJOR OVERSEAS MARKETS WERE AS FOLLOWS
JAN.-OCT. 1982 ($ MN)
JAN.-OCT. 1981 ($ MN)
INCREASE DECREASE ($ MN)
PERCENTAGE CHANGE
(%)
U.S.A.
25 514
23 906
+1 608
+7
U.K.
5 727
6 227
I
500
1
F.R. OF
5 544
5 649
105
2
GERMANY
CHINA
3 051
2 221
830
+37
JAPAN
2 646
2 422
223
+9
AUSTRALIA
2 350
2 145
205
+10
CANADA
2 132
1 933
199
+10
SINGAPORE
1 590
1 421
169
+12
NETHERLANDS
1 321
1 283
30
+3
FRANCE
1 203
1 170
32
+3
DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO THE U.S.A. ROSE BY SEVEN PER CENT. SUBSTANTIAL INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN PLASTIC TOYS AND DOLLS (BY $878 MILLION OR 47 PER CENT), CLOTHING (BY $696 MILLION OR EIGHT PER CENT) AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $339 MILLION OR 25 PER CENT). DECREASES WERE RECORDED IN OFFICE MACHINES AND AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT (BY $606 MILLION OR 32 PER CENT) AS WELL AS TEXTILES (BY $141 MILLION OR 23 PER CENT).
DECREASES IN