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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1984.
COMMENTING ON THESE COMPARATIVE FIGURES, THE SPOKESMAN SAID THAT DOMESTIC EXPORTS REMAINED STRONG AND EXCEEDED THE $10 000 MILLION MARK FOR THE FOURTH CONSECUTIVE MONTH,
HOWEVER, HE NOTED THAT TRADE FIGURES FOR THE BEGINNING MONTHS OF THE YEAR ARE, AS USUAL, INFLUENCED BY THE TIMING OF THE CHINESE NEW YEAR AND THAT SOME OF THE DOMESTIC EXPORTS IN JANUARY 1984 REFLECT INCREASED SHIPMENTS PRIOR TO THE CHINESE NEW YEAR HOLIDAYS.
HE POINTED OUT THAT WHILE THE INCREASE IN THE VALUE OF IMPORTS WAS IN PART DUE TO ANTICIPATION OF HIGHER RETAIL SALES DURING THE CHINESE NEW YEAR FESTIVAL, RETAINED IMPORTS OF RAW MATERIALS AND SEMI-MANUFACTURES ALSO CONTINUED TO SHOW INCREASES.
THE FOLLOWING TABLE PRESENTS THE PROVISIONAL MERCHANDISE TRADE FIGURES FOR JANUARY 1984:
TRADE FIGURES FOR JANUARY, 1984
THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT HAS RELEASED THE FOLLOWING PROVISIONAL MERCHANDISE TRADE FIGURES FOR JANUARY:
MERCHANDISE: DOMESTIC EXPORTS
COMPARATIVE FIGURES
: $10 791 MILLION
RE-EXPORTS
: $ 5 976 MILLION
TOTAL EXPORTS
IMPORTS
: $16 767 MILLION
TRADE BALANCE
: $15 899 MILLION
868 MILLION (IN SURPLUS)
LATEST 3 MONTHS
NOVEMBER 1983
ΤΟ JANUARY 1984
NOVEMBER 1982
TO JANUARY 1983
INCREASE OR DECREASE
$ MN.
$ MN.
$ MN.
%
DOMESTIC EXPORTS
32 105
21 978
+10 127
+46.1
RE-EXPORTS
17 939
12 154
+ 5 785
+47.6
TOTAL EXPORTS
50 044
34 132
+15 912
+46.6
IMPORTS
51 856
37 781
+14 075
+37.3
TRADE BALANCE
- 1 812
3 649
+ 1 837
SAME MONTH
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