MONDAY, APRIL 16, 1984
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MERCHANDISE TRADE RISES SHARPLY
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TOTAL MERCHANDISE TRADE FOR JANUARY - FEBRUARY 1984, VALUED AT $59 328 MILLION, INCREASED BY 45 PER CENT AS COMPARED WITH THE CORRESPONDING PERIOD IN 1983, ACCORDING TO FIGURES RELEASED TODAY BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.
DOMESTIC EXPORTS ROSE BY 47 PER CENT TO $17 613 MILLION, IMPORTS BY 41 PER CENT TO $30 647 MILLION AND RE-EXPORTS BY 55 PER CENT TO $11 068 MILLION.
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DOMESTIC EXPORTS AND RE-EXPORTS TOGETHER INCREASED BY 50 PER
(CHANGES IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO THE TEN MAJOR OVERSEAS MARKETS ARE SHOWN IN TABLE 1.)
DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO THE U.S.A. ROSE BY 63 PER CENT IN VALUE.
SUBSTANTIAL INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN CLOTHING (BY $1 195 MILLION OR 67 PER CENT), OFFICE MACHINES AND AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT (BY $356 MILLION OR 107 PER CENT) AND ELECTRICAL MACHINERY APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES, AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF (BY $348 MILLION OR 68 PER CENT). ON THE OTHER HAND, DECREASES WERE RECORDED IN WATCHES AND CLOCKS (BY $58 MILLION OR 14 PER CENT) AND TRANSISTORS AND DIODES (BY $24 MILLION OR 70 PER CENT).
MOST COMMODITIES EXPORTED TO THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY INCREASED IN VALUE, INCLUDING CLOTHING (BY $262 MILLION OR 40 PER CENT), TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $32 MILLION OR 46 PER CENT) AND OFFICE MACHINES AND AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT (BY $28 MILLION OR 136 PER CENT).
INCREASES IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO THE UNITED KINGDOM WERE REGISTERED FOR OFFICE MACHINES AND AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT (BY $166 MILLION OR 1 510 PER CENT), CLOTHING (BY $160 MILLION OR 41 PER CENT), TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $37 MILLION OR 90 PER CENT) AND TEXTILES (BY $37 MILLION OR 59 PER CENT).
SIGNIFICANT INCREASES WERE REGISTERED IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO CHINA OF TEXTILES (BY $113 MILLION OR 66 PER CENT) AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $96 MILLION OR 144 PER CENT); AND IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO JAPAN OF CLOTHING (BY $78 MILLION OR 71 PER CENT).
(CHANGES IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS BY MAJOR COMMODITY DIVISIONS ARE PRESENTED IN TABLE 2. CHANGES IN IMPORTS FROM THE TEN MAJOR SOURCES ARE SUMMARISED IN TABLE 3.)
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