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TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1985
CALENDAR YEAR TO-DATE
JAN- OCT
1985
JAN - OCT
1984
INCREASE OR
DECREASE
$ MN.
$ MN.
$ MN.
93
DOMESTIC EXPORTS
106 107
(% OF TOTAL EXPORTS)
(54.9%)
114 362
(63.2%)
- 8 255
7.2
RE-EXPORTS
87 081
66 478
+20 603
+31.0
TOTAL EXPORTS
193 188
180 840
+12 348
+ 6.8
IMPORTS
188 923
182 693
+ 6 230
+ 3.4
TRADE BALANCE
+ 4 265
- 1 853
+ 6 118
LAST 12 MONTHS
NOV 1984 TO OCT 1985
NOV 1983 TO OCT 1984
INCREASE OR DECREASE
$ MN.
$ MN.
$MN.
of
DOMESTIC EXPORTS
129 681
135 676
- 5 995
- 4.4
RE-EXPORTS
104 108
78 441
+25 667
+32.7
TOTAL EXPORTS
233 789
214 117
+19 672
+ 9.2
IMPORTS
229 601
218 650
+10 951
+ 5.3
TRADE BALANCE
+ 4 188
4 533
+ 8 721
CONSUMER PRICE INDEXES FOR OCTOBER
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THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX (A) ROSE BY 3.3 PER CENT AND THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX (B) BY 3.5 PER CENT BETWEEN OCTOBER 1984 AND OCTOBER 1985, ACCORDING TO FIGURES PUBLISHED TODAY BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.
THE CPI(A) AND CPI(B) FOR OCTOBER 1985 WERE 161.1 AND 161.7 RESPECTIVELY. COMPARED WITH SEPTEMBER 1985 AND BEARING IN MIND THAT THIS COMPARISON MAY BE AFFECTED BY SEASONAL FACTORS, CPI(A) DECREASED BY 1.0 PER CENT AND CPI(B), BY 0.5 PER CENT.
THE AVERAGE CPI(A) AND AVERAGE CPI(B) FOR THE 12 MONTHS ENDED OCTOBER 1985, AT 159.1 AND 159.3 RESPECTIVELY, WERE 3.4 PER CENT AND 3.8 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY HIGHER THAN THE AVERAGES FOR THE 12 MONTHS ENDED OCTOBER 1984.
/DURING THE