THURSDAY, MARCH 14, 1985
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JANUARY EXTERNAL TRADE STATISTICS RELEASED
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TOTAL MERCHANDISE TRADE FOR JANUARY 1985, VALUED AT $39 243 MILLION, SHOWED AN INCREASE OF 20 PER CENT COMPARED WITH JANUARY 1984 TRADE, ACCORDING TO STATISTICS RELEASED TODAY BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT. ON THE SAME BASIS OF COMPARISON, DOMESTIC EXPORTS ROSE BY 3 PER CENT TO $11 166 MILLION, IMPORTS BY 20 PER CENT TO $19 119 MILLION, AND RE-EXPORTS BY 50 PER CENT TO $8 958 MILLION. DOMESTIC EXPORTS AND RE-EXPORTS TOGETHER INCREASED BY 20 PER CENT.
COMPARING JANUARY 1985 WITH THE SAME MONTH LAST YEAR, DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO THE U.S.A. ROSE BY LESS THAN ONE PER CENT IN VALUE, ANALYSED BY COMMODITIES, INCREASES WERE RECORDED MAINLY IN CLOTHING (BY $211 MILLION OR 11 PER CENT), BABY CARRIAGES, TOYS, GAMES AND SPORTING GOODS (BY $25 MILLIÓN OR 7 PER CENT) AND ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES, AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF (BY $13 MILLION OR 3 PER CENT). ON THE OTHER HAND DECREASES WERE RECORDED IN TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $97 MILLION OR 23 PER CENT) AND OFFICE MACHINES AND AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT (BY $92 MILLION OR 24 PER CENT).
MOST COMMODITIES EXPORTED TO CHINA INCREASED IN VALUE, PARTICULARLY OFFICE MACHINES AND AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT (BY $205 MILLION OR 2 579 PER CENT), TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS ́AND EQUIPMENT (BY $158 MILLION OR 167 PER CENT), AND ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES, AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF (BY $75 MILLION OR 232 PER CENT). HOWEVER, DECREASES WERE REGISTERED FOR METALLIFEROUS ORES AND METAL SCRAP (BY $3 MILLION OR 77 PER CENT) AND FEEDING STUFF FOR ANIMALS (BY $2 MILLION OR 38 PER CENT).
INCREASES IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO THE UNITED KINGDOM WERE REGISTERED FOR CLOTHING (BY $29 MILLION OR 9 PER CENT) METALLIFEROUS ORES AND METAL SCRAP (BY $21 MILLION OR 94 PER CENT), AND PRINTED MATTER (BY $5 MILLION OR 35 PER CENT). ON THE OTHER HAND, DECREASES WERE RECORDED IN TEXTILES (BY $33 MILLION OR 55 PER CENT AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $23 MILLION OR 46 PER CENT).
SIGNIFICANT INCREASES WERE REGISTERED IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY OF METALLIFEROUS ORES AND METAL SCRAP (BY $14 MILLION OR 2 018 PER CENT) AND WATCHES AND CLOCKS (BY $13 MILLION OR 28 PER CENT) AND IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO CANADA OF CLOTHING (BY $24 MILLION OR 17 PER CENT).
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