THURSDAY, APRIL 28, 1983
4
+IT IS ENCOURAGING TO NOTE THAT DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO THE US AND THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY IN PARTICULAR HAVE INCREASED, AS THESE TWO ECONOMIES STARTED TO RECOVER, HE SAID.
THE FOLLOWING TABLE SHOWS PROVISIONAL MERCHANDISE TRADE FIGURES FOR MARCH 1983 :
MERCHANDISE.
COMPARATIVE FIGURES
DOMESTIC EXPORTS
$ 6 620 MILLION
RE-EXPORTS
$ 4 000 MILLION
TOTAL EXPORTS
IMPORTS
$10 620 MILLION
$12 440 MILLION
TRADE BALANCE
$ 1 820 MILLION
(IN DEFICIT)
JAN
LATEST 3 MONTHS
MAR 1983
JAN - MAR
1982
INCREASE OR
DECREASE
$ MN.
$ MN.
$ MN.
%
DOMESTIC EXPORTS
18 629
17 504
+1 125
+ 6.4
(% OF TOTAL EXPORTS)
(62.6%)
(62.2%)
RE-EXPORTS
11 153
10 627
526
+ 4.9
TOTAL EXPORTS
29 782
28 131
+1 651
+ 5.9
IMPORTS
34 143
33 411
732
+ 2.2
TRADE BALANCE
- 4 361
5 280
919
SAME MONTH LAST YEAR
MARCH 1983
MARCH 1982
$ MN.
$ MN.
INCREASE OR
DECREASE
$ MN.
9%
DOMESTIC EXPORTS
(% OF TOTAL EXPORTS)
6 620 (62.3%)
6 577 (63.9%)
43
+ 0.7
RE-EXPORTS
4 000
3 714
286
+ 7.7
TOTAL EXPORTS
10 620
10 291
329
+ 3.2
IMPORTS
TRADE BALANCE
12 440
12 178
262
+ 2.2
-
1 820
- 1 887
67
/LAST MONTH
J
E