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TUESDAY, APRIL 28, 1992
PROVISIONAL TRADE FIGURES FOR MARCH 1992
DOMESTIC EXPORTS IN MARCH THIS YEAR INCREASED SIGNIFICANTLY OVER A YEAR EARLIER, BUT A MUCH FASTER INCREASE WAS RECORDED FOR RE- EXPORTS.
THESE ARE SHOWN IN THE PROVISIONAL TRADE FIGURES RELEASED TODAY (TUESDAY) BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.
51.2%
$2,074 MARCH.
THE VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS ROSE SHARPLY, BY $17,344 MILLION OR OVER A YEAR EARLIER TO $51,222 MILLION IN MARCH.
THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS ALSO SHOWED A MARKED INCREASE, BY MILLION OR 13.8% OVER THE SAME PERIOD TO $17,052 MILLION IN
TAKING
RE-EXPORTS AND DOMESTIC EXPORTS TOGETHER, THE VALUE OF TOTAL EXPORTS, AT $68,274 MILLION IN MARCH 1992, WAS $19,418 MILLION OR 39.7% HIGHER THAN A YEAR EARLIER.
THE VALUE OF IMPORTS INCREASED BY $16,867 MILLION OR 29.6% TO $73,873 MILLION.
AS
THE VALUE OF TOTAL EXPORTS WAS SMALLER THAN THAT OF TOTAL IMPORTS, A VISIBLE TRADE DEFICIT OF $5,599 MILLION, EQUIVALENT TO 7.6% OF THE VALUE OF IMPORTS, WAS RECORDED IN MARCH 1992.
THIS WAS SMALLER THAN THE DEFICIT OF $8,150 MILLION, EQUIVALENT TO 14.3% OF THE VALUE OF IMPORTS, RECORDED IN MARCH 1991.
GIVEN THE SEASONAL PATTERN OF TRADE, A DEFICIT WAS USUALLY RECORDED IN THE EARLY PART OF THE YEAR.
AMOUNTED
IN THE FIRST QUARTER OF 1992, THE VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS TO $139,611 MILLION, $35, 251 MILLION OR 33.8% HIGHER THAN A YEAR EARLIER.
THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS INCREASED BY $207 MILLION OR 0.4% OVER THE SAME PERIOD TO $48,707 MILLION IN THE FIRST QUARTER.
TAKING RE-EXPORTS AND DOMESTIC EXPORTS TOGETHER, THE VALUE OF TOTAL EXPORTS IN THE FIRST QUARTER OF 1992, AT $188,318 MILLION, WAS $35,458 MILLION OR 23.2% HIGHER THAN A YEAR EARLIER.
THE VALUE OF IMPORTS INCREASED BY $35,281 MILLION OR 21.7% TO $197,956 MILLION,
A VISIBLE TRADE DEFICIT OF $9,638 MILLION, EQUIVALENT TO 4.9% OF THE VALUE OF IMPORTS, WAS RECORDED IN THE FIRST QUARTER OF 1992. THIS WAS SMALLER THAN THE DEFICIT OF $9,815 MILLION, EQUIVALENT ΤΟ 6.0% OF THE VALUE OF IMPORTS, RECORDED IN THE FIRST QUARTER OF 1991.
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