الحميمة
3. 1985
LAST 12 MONTHS
FEBRUARY 1984
TO JANUARY 1985
FEBRUARY 1983
TO JANUARY 1984
INCREASE OR
DECREASE
$ MN.
$ MN.
$ MN.
*
DOMESTIC EXPORTS
138 311
108 757
+29 554
+27.2
RE-EXPORTS
86 487
58 552
+27 935 +47.7
TOTAL EXPORTS
224 798
167 309
+57 489
+34.4
IMPORTS
226 590
179 804
+46 786
+26. J
TRADE BALANCE
-1 792
-12 495
+10 703
OF
1984 EXPORTS STATISTICS BY INDUSTRIAL ORIGIN RELEASED
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THE SIX MOST IMPORTANT INDUSTRY GROUPS IN TERMS OF THE VALUE 1984 DOMESTIC EXPORTS WERE -- ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS, WEARING APPAREL, TEXTILES, PLASTIC PRODUCTS, PROFESSIONAL AND OPTICAL EQUIPMENT, AND METAL PRODUCTS.
TOGETHER, THEY ACCOUNTED FOR 87 PER CENT OF THE TOTAL VALUE
OF MERCHANDISE DOMESTIC EXPORTS.
THE INDUSTRIES ALSO RECORDED THE LARGEST INCREASES IN ABSOLUTE VALUE OVER 1983: ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS ROSE BY
$8 493 MILLION, WEARING APPAREL BY $7 684 MILLION, TEXTILES BY $6 471 MILLION, PLASTIC PRODUCTS BY $4 402 MILLION, PROFESSIONAL AND OPTICAL EQUIPMENT BY $1 057 MILLION, AND METAL PRODUCTS BY $933 MILLION.
IN RELATIVE TERMS, INDUSTRIES WITH THE LARGEST PERCENTAGE INCREASES OVER 1983 WERE PRODUCTS OF PETROLEUM AND COAL (+806%); MINING AND QUARRYING (+177 %); ELECTRICITY (+95%); MACHINERY, EXCEPT ELECTRICAL (+73%); NON-METALLIC MINERAL PRODUCTS (+72%); AND TOBACCO (+69%).
ON THE OTHER HAND, SIGNIFICANT DECREASES IN THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS FROM 1983 WERE RECORDED FOR TRANSPORT EQUIPMENT (-$278 MILLION OR -65%), AGRICULTURAL, LIVESTOCK AND POULTRY PRODUCTION (-$5 MILLION OR -31%), AND LEATHER AND LEATHER PRODUCTS (-$101 MILLION OR -17%).
THE ABOVE