ON
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1993
HAS
JOIN
"REPRESENTATIVES FROM MAJOR TRADES IN WHICH THE DEPARTMENT
FREIGHT INDUSTRY, DUTIABLE A FACILITATING ROLE, FOR EXAMPLE THE AIR COMMODITY DEALERS, AND MOTOR VEHICLE DEALERS, WILL BE INVITED TO AS MEMBERS OF THE GROUPS.
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"THE COMMISSIONER WILL PUBLISH THE RESULTS EVERY YEAR," HE SAID.
OF THE MONITORING
SERVICES HAS PUBLIC AT ALL CUSTOMS
A BILINGUAL LEAFLET LISTING THE STANDARDS OF THE BEEN PUBLISHED AND WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR THE OFFICES THROUGHOUT THE TERRITORY FROM NEXT MONTH.
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PROVISIONAL FIGURES OF EXTERNAL TRADE FOR AUGUST
RE-EXPORTS
IN AUGUST MAINTAINED A STRONG GROWTH WHILE DOMESTIC EXPORTS CONTINUED TO DECLINE. IMPORTS RECORDED A NOTABLE INCREASE.
THESE ARE SHOWN IN THE PROVISIONAL FIGURES OF EXTERNAL TRADE RELEASED TODAY (TUESDAY) BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.
OR
5.8%
THE VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS IN AUGUST 1993 ROSE BY $11,959 MILLION 20% OVER A YEAR EARLIER TO $72,903 MILLION.
THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS DECREASED BY $1, 206 MILLION OR TO $19,627 MILLION.
TOTAL YEAR
TAKING RE-EXPORTS AND DOMESTIC EXPORTS TOGETHER, THE VALUE EXPORTS
OVER IN AUGUST 1993 GREW BY $10,753 MILLION OR 13% EARLIER TO $92,530 MILLION.
OF
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OVER THE SAME PERIOD, THE VALUE OF IMPORTS INCREASED BY $13,663 MILLION OR 17% TO $93,034 MILLION.
AS THE VALUE OF TOTAL EXPORTS WAS SMALLER THAN THAT OF TOTAL 0.5% IMPORTS, A VISIBLE TRADE DEFICIT OF $504 MILLION, EQUIVALENT TO
THE VALUE OF IMPORTS, WAS RECORDED IN AUGUST 1993.
OF
THIS COMPARED WITH A SURPLUS OF $2,406 MILLION, EQUIVALENT 3.0% OF THE VALUE OF IMPORTS, RECORDED IN AUGUST 1992.
TO
HIGHER
THE IN
FIRST EIGHT MONTHS OF 1993 THE VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS AMOUNTED TO $525,195 MILLION, WHICH WAS $94,238 MILLION OR 22% THAN A YEAR EARLIER.
WAS
$4,976
THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS, AT $144,178 MILLION, MILLION OR 3.3% LOWER THAN THAT IN THE SAME PERIOD LAST YEAR.
OF
MILLION,
TAKING RE-EXPORTS AND DOMESTIC EXPORTS TOGETHER, THE VALUE TOTAL EXPORTS IN THE FIRST EIGHT MONTHS OF 1993, AT $669,373 WAS $89,261 MILLION OR 15% HIGHER THAN A YEAR EARLIER.
/THE VALUE