WEDNESDAY, MARCH 2, 1983
PUTTING THIS MONTH'S TRADE FIGURES INTO CONTEXT, THE SPOKESMAN POINTED OUT THAT COMPARISON OF TWELVE MONTHS ENDING IN JANUARY THIS YEAR WITH THE TWELVE MONTHS ENDING IN JANUARY 1982 SHOWS THE FOLLOWING PERCENTAGE INCREASES IN VALUE: FOUR PER CENT FOR DOMESTIC EXPORTS, SEVEN PER CENT FOR RE-EXPORTS, FIVE PER CENT FOR TOTAL EXPORTS AND FIVE PER CENT FOR IMPORTS.
THE RATE OF INCREASE IN THE VALUE OF TOTAL EXPORTS WAS THUS STILL IN LINE WITH THAT OF IMPORTS, HE SAID.
THE VISIBLE TRADE GAP FOR THE TWELVE MONTHS ENDING IN JANUARY 1983, AT 11.4 PER CENT WAS THE SAME AS THAT FOR THE TWELVE MONTHS ENDING IN JANUARY 1982.
THE FOLLOWING TABLE PROVIDES FURTHER STATISTICAL DETAILS:-
TRADE FIGURES FOR JANUARY, 1983
MERCHANDISE:
DOMESTIC EXPORTS
$ 6 440 MILLION
RE-EXPORTS
$ 3 718 MILLION
TOTAL EXPORTS
IMPORTS
$10 158 MILLION
$11 537 MILLION
TRADE BALANCE
$ 1 379 MILLION (IN DEFICIT)
COMPARATIVE FIGURES
LATEST 3 MONTHS
NOVEMBER 1982
TO JANUARY 1983
NOVEMBER 1981
TO JANUARY 1982
INCREASE OR
DECREASE
$ MN.
$ MN.
$ MN.
DOMESTIC EXPORTS
21 978
21 047
+
931
+ 4.4
RE-EXPORTS
12 154
11 157
997
+ 8.9
TOTAL EXPORTS
34 132
32 204
+1 928
+ 6.0
IMPORTS
37 781
35 486
+2 295
+ 6.5
TRADE BALANCE
-
3 649
- 3 282
367
'SAME MONTH