TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1984
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MERCHANDISE TRADE UP
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TOTAL MERCHANDISE TRADE FOR JANUARY-JULY 1984. VALUED AT $245 366 MILLION, SHOWED AN INCREASE OF 42 PER CENT OVER THE SAME PERIOD IN 1983, ACCORDING TO FIGURES RELEASED TODAY BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.
ON THE SAME BASIS OF COMPARISON, DOMESTIC EXPORTS ROSE BY 43 PER CENT TO $75 735 MILLION, IMPORTS BY 37 PER CENT TO $125 361 MILLION AND RE-EXPORTS BY 54 PER CENT TO $44 270 MILLION. DOMESTIC EXPORTS AND RE-EXPORTS TOGETHER SHOWED AN INCREASE OF 47 PER CENT.
DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO THE U.S.A. ROSE BY 55 PER CENT IN VALUE. SUBSTANTIAL INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN CLOTHING (BY $4 764 MILLION OR 57 PER CENT), ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES, AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF (BY $1 344 MILLION OR 58 PER CENT) AND OFFICE MACHINES AND AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT (BY $1 312 MILLION OR 76 PER CENT). ON THE OTHER HAND, DECREASES WERE RECORDED IN TRANSISTORS AND DIODES (BY $34 MILLION OR 43 PER CENT) AND METALL IFEROUS ORES AND METAL SCRAP (BY $7 MILLION OR 64 PER CENT).
INCREASES IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO THE UNITED KINGDOM WERE REGISTERED FOR CLOTHING (BY $625 MILLION OR 36 PER CENT), OFFICE MACHINES AND AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT (BY $400 MILLION OR 406 PER CENT), AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $138 MILLION OR 75 PER CENT). ON THE OTHER HAND, DECREASES WERE RECORDED IN METALL IFEROUS CRES AND METAL SCRAP (BY $309 MILLION OR 63 PER CENT) AND GENERAL INDUSTRIAL MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT, AND MACHINE PARTS (BY $4 MILLION OR 45 PER CENT).
MOST COMMODITIES EXPORTED TO CHINA INCREASED IN VALUE, INCLUDING TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $499 MILLION OR 141 PER CENT), TEXTILES (BY $405 MILLION OR 50 PER CENT) AND ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES, AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF (BY $198 MILLION OR 155 PER CENT). HOWEVER, DECREASES WERE REGISTERED FOR FEEDING STUFF FOR ANIMALS (BY $75 MILLION OR 60 PER CENT), AND WATCHES AND CLOCKS (BY $10 MILLION OR FIVE PER CENT).
SIGNIFICANT INCREASES IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY WERE REGISTERED FOR CLOTHING (BY $842 MILLION OR 36 PER CENT) AND OFFICE MACHINES AND AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING
AND IN DOMESTIC EQUIPMENT (BY $188 MILLION OR 164 PER CENT); EXPORTS TO JAPAN FOR CLOTHING (BY $422 MILLION OR 77 PER CENT).
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