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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1984
TRADE FIGURES FOR SEPTEMBER, 1984
THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT HAS RELEASED THE FOLLOWING PROVISIONAL MERCHANDISE TRADE FIGURES FOR SEPTEMBER :-
MERCHANDISE:
DOMESTIC EXPORTS
: $12 414 MILLION
RE-EXPORTS
: $ 7 142 MILLION
TOTAL EXPORTS
: 319 556 MILLION
IMPORTS
: $18 587 MILLION
TRADE BALANCE
: $ 969 MILLION (IN SURPLUS)
COMPARATIVE FIGURES
LATEST 3
JULY-SEPTEMBER 1984
JULY-SEPTEMBER
1983
INCREASE OR
DECREASE
MONTHS
$ MN.
$ MN.
$ MN.
K
DOMESTIC
39 248
29 475
+ 9 773
+ 33.2
EXPORTS
RE-EXPORTS
21 350
14 640
+ 6 710
TOTAL EXPORTS
60 598
44 115
+16 483
+ 45.8
+ 37.4
IMPORTS
57 517
45 795
+11 722
+
25.0
TRADE BALANCE
3 081
- 1 680
+4 761
SAME MONTH
SEPTEMBER
1984
SEPTEMBER
1983
LAST YEAR
$ MN.
$ MN.
DEMESTIC
EXPORTS
12 414 (63.5%)
9 665 (65.6%)
INCREASE OF
DECREASE
$ MN.
+ 2 749
(% OF TOTAL
EXPORTS)
RE-EXPORTS
7 142
5 068
+ 2 07-
TOTAL EXPORTS
19 556
14 733
+ 4 923
+ 32.7
-IMPORTS
18 587
15 494
+ 3 093
+ 2.)
TRADE BALANCE
969
761
+
1730
/LAST MONTH