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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1985
CALENDAR YEAR TO-DATE
JAN - SEPT
1985
JAN
1984
$ MN.
$ MN.
SEPT INCREASE OR
DECREASE
$ MN.
%
DOMESTIC EXPORTS
94 946
(% OF TOTAL EXPORTS)
(54.79%)
101 889
(63.5%)
- 6 943
-
RE-EXPORTS
78 649
58 582
+20 067
6.8
+34.3
TOTAL EXPORTS
173 595
160 471
+13 124
+ 8.2
IMPORTS
168 925
163 072
+ 5 853
+ 3.5
TRADE BALANCE
+ 4 670
2 601
+ 7 271
LAST 12 MONTHS
OCT 1984 ΤΟ SEPT 1985
OCT 1983 TO SEPT 1984
INCREASE OR
DECREASE
$ MN.
5 MN.
$ MN.
DOMESTIC EXPORTS
130 994
133 659
-
2 665
RE-EXPORTS
103 571
76 261
+27 310
2.0
+35.8
TOTAL EXPORTS
234 565
209 920
+24 645
+11.7
IMPORTS
229 224
216 644
+12 580
+ 5.8
TRADE BALANCE
+ 5 341
- 6 724
+12 065
CONSUMER PRICE INDEXES
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THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX (A) ROSE BY 3.8 PER CENT AND THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX (B) BY 3.9 PER CENT BETWEEN SEPTEMBER 1984 AND SEPTEMBER 1985, ACCORDING TO FIGURES PUBLISHED TODAY BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.
THE CPI(A) AND CPI(B) FOR SEPTEMBER 1985 WERE 162.8 AND 162.4 RESPECTIVELY, OR 5.9 POINTS AND 6.1 POINTS RESPECTIVELY HIGHER THAN THOSE FOR SEPTEMBER 1984. COMPARED WITH AUGUST 1985 AND BEAR ING IN MIND THAT THIS COMPARISON IS AFFECTED BY SEASONAL FACTORS, CPI(A) INCREASED BY 2.9 POINTS OR 1.8 PER CENT AND CPI(B), BY 2.3 POINTS OR 1.5 PER CENT.
WERE 3.4
THE AVERAGE CPI(A) AND AVERAGE CPI(B) FOR THE 12 MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 1985, AT 158.6 AND 158.8 RESPECTIVELY PER CENT AND 3.9 PER CENT PESPECTIVELY HIGHER THAN THE AVERAGES FOR THE 12 MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 1984.
DURING THE