MONDAY, AUGUST 13, 1984
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SIX-MONTH TRADE SHOWS BIG RISE
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TOTAL MERCHANDISE TRADE FOR JANUARY - JUNE 1984, VALUED AT $205 426 MILLION, INCREASED BY 43 PER CENT OVER THE TRADE FOR THE SAME PERIOD IN 1983, ACCORDING TO FIGURES RELEASED BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT,
ON THE SAME BASIS OF COMPARISON, DOMESTIC EXPORTS ROSE BY 45 PER CENT TO $62 641 MILLION, IMPORTS BY 39 PER CENT TO $105 554 MILLION AND RE-EXPORTS BY 55 PER CENT TO $37 231 MILLION. DOMESTIC EXPORTS AND RE-EXPORTS TOGETHER SHOWED AN INCREASE OF 49 PER CENT.
A COMPARISON OF FIGURES FOR THE FIRST SIX MONTHS OF 1984 WITH THOSE FOR THE SAME PERIOD LAST YEAR, SHOWED DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO THE U.S.A. ROSE BY 60 PER CENT IN VALUE.
SUBSTANTIAL INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN CLOTHING (BY $4 008 MILLION OR 59 PER CENT), OFFICE MACHINES AND AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT (BY $1 213 MILLION OR 88 PER CENT) AND ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES, AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF (BY $1 199 MILLION OR 63 PER CENT).
ON THE OTHER HAND, DECREASES WERE RECORDED IN TRANSISTORS AND DIODES (BY $39 MILLION OR 51 PER CENT) AND METALL IFEROUS ORES AND METAL SCRAP (BY $6 MILLION OR 61 PER CENT).
INCREASES IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO THE UNITED KINGDOM WERE REGISTERED FOR CLOTHING (BY $524 MILLION OR 37 PER CENT), OFFICE MACHINES AND AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT (BY $365 MILLION. OR 555 PER CENT), AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $133 MILLION OR 91 PER CENT).
ON THE OTHER HAND, DECREASES WERE RECORDED IN METALL IFEROUS ORES AND METAL SCRAP (BY $254 MILLION OR 62 PER CENT) AND GENERAL INDUSTRIAL MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT, AND MACHINE PARTS (BY $3 MILLION OR 40 PER CENT).
MOST COMMODITIES EXPORTED TO CHINA INCREASED IN VALUE, INCLUDING TEXTILES (BY $377 MILLION OR 56 PER CENT), TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $368 MILLION OR 122 PER CENT) AND ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES, AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF (BY $161 MILLION OR 157 PER CENT). HOWEVER, DECREASES WERE REGISTERED FOR FEEDING STUFF FOR ANIMALS (BY $70 MILLION OR 61 PER CENT), AND WATCHES AND CLOCKS (BY $6 MILLION OR 4 PER CENT).
SIGNIFICANT INCREASES WERE REGISTERED IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY OF CLOTHING (BY $703 MILLION OR
PER CENT) AND OF OFFICE MACHINES AND AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT (BY $158 MILLION OR 161 PER CENT); AND IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO JAPAN OF CLOTHING (BY $334 MILLION OR 80 PER CENT).
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