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TUESDAY, JULY 17, 1984
EXTERNAL TRADE ON THE RISE
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TOTAL MERCHANDISE TRADE FOR JANUARY - MAY 1984, VALUED AT $166 923 MILLION, INCREASED BY 45 PER CENT OVER TRADE FOR THE SIMILAR PERIOD IN 1983, ACCORDING TO FIGURES PUBLISHED TODAY BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.
DOMESTIC EXPORTS ROSE BY 47 PER CENT TO $50 275 MILLION, IMPORTS BY 40 PER CENT TO $86 179 MILLION AND RE-EXPORTS BY 56 PER CENT TO $30 469 MILLION. DOMESTIC EXPORTS AND RE-EXPORTS TOGETHER SHOWED AN INCREASE OF 50 PER CENT.
THE CHANGES IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO THE 10 MAJOR OVERSEAS MARKETS ARE SHOWN IN TABLE 1.
A COMPARISON OF THE FIRST FIVE MONTHS WITH THE SIMILAR PERIOD OF LAST YEAR SHOWS THAT DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO THE U.S.A. ROSE BY 62 PER CENT IN VALUE.
SUBSTANTIAL INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN CLOTHING (BY $3 170 MILLION OR 61 PER CENT), OFFICE MACHINES AND AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT (BY $1 060 MILLION OR 100 PER CENT) AND ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES, AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF (BY $1 012 MILLION OR 66 PER CENT). ON THE OTHER HAND,
DECREASES WERE RECORDED IN TRANSISTORS AND DIODES (BY $40 MILLION OR 57 PER CENT) AND METALL IFEROUS ORES AND METAL SCRAP (BY $10 MILLION OR 94 PER CENT).
INCREASES IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO THE UNITED KINGDOM WERE REGISTERED FOR CLOTHING (BY $473 MILLION OR 43 PER CENT), OFFICE MACHINES AND AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT (BY $297 MILLION OR 730 PER CENT), AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $113 MILLION OR 97 PER CENT). ON THE OTHER HAND, DECREASES WERE RECORDED
IN METALL IFEROUS ORES AND METAL SCRAP (BY $141 MILLION OR 58 PER CENT) AND GENERAL INDUSTRIAL MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT, AND MACHINE PARTS (BY $2 MILLION OR 34 PER CENT)
MOST COMMODITIES EXPORTED TO CHINA INCREASED IN VALUE, INCLUDING TEXTILES (BY $325 MILLION OR 59 PER CENT), TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $282 MILLION OR 120 PER CENT), AND ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES, AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF (BY $123 MILLION OR 159 PER CENT). HOWEVER. DECREASES WERE REGISTERED FOR FEEDING STUFF FOR ANIMALS (BY $59 MILLION OR 61 PER CENT), AND OFFICE AND STATIONERY SUPPLIES (BY $2 MILLION OR 54 PER CENT).
SIGNIFICANT INCREASES WERE REGISTERED IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY OF CLOTHING (BY $640 MILLION OR 44 PER CENT) AND OFFICE MACHINES AND AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT (BY $105 MILLION OR 148 PER CENT); AND IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO JAPAN OF CLOTHING (BY $256 MILLION OR 79 PER CENT),
THE CHANGES IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS BY MAJOR COMMODITY DIVISIONS ARE PRESENTED IN TABLE 2.
/THE CHANGES