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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1993
"THE MEETING HELD TODAY IS TO EXAMINE WHETHER THERE IS A CASE FOR THEM TO TAKE THE ISSUE FORWARD. INDISPUTABLE LOGIC HAS то BE PRODUCED BEFORE WE CAN DO THAT, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
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THE SPOKESMAN SAID THE DEPARTMENT HAD URGED THE REPRESENTATIVES AT TODAY'S MEETING TO BE PATIENT AND ANOTHER MEETING COULD BE ARRANGED SOON.
SWA BRANCH HOPES THAT
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PROVISIONAL FIGURES OF EXTERNAL TRADE FOR SEPTEMBER
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IN SEPTEMBER, RE-EXPORTS SHOWED A SIGNIFICANT GROWTH, THOUGH AT LESS RAPID PACE THAN IN THE PREVIOUS MONTHS.
DOMESTIC EXPORTS CONTINUED TO BE SLACK. IMPORTS ALSO SHOWED A SLOWER INCREASE.
THESE ARE SHOWN IN THE PROVISIONAL FIGURES OF EXTERNAL TRADE RELEASED TODAY (THURSDAY) BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.
THE VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS IN SEPTEMBER ROSE BY $10,838 MILLION OR 17% OVER A YEAR EARLIER TO $75,198 MILLION.
7.9%
THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS DECREASED BY $1,673 MILLION OR TO $19,456 MILLION.
OF
TAKING RE-EXPORTS AND DOMESTIC EXPORTS TOGETHER, THE VALUE TOTAL EXPORTS IN SEPTEMBER GREW BY $9,165 MILLION OR 11% OVER A YEAR EARLIER TO $94,655 MILLION.
OVER THE SAME PERIOD, THE VALUE OF IMPORTS INCREASED BY MILLION OR 11% TO $92,055 MILLION.
$9,102
AS THE VALUE OF TOTAL EXPORTS WAS GREATER THAN THAT OF TOTAL IMPORTS, A VISIBLE TRADE SURPLUS OF $2,600 MILLION, EQUIVALENT TO 2.8% OF THE VALUE OF IMPORTS, WAS RECORDED IN SEPTEMBER.
THIS COMPARED WITH A SURPLUS OF $2,537 MILLION, EQUIVALENT 3.1% OF THE VALUE OF IMPORTS, RECORDED IN SEPTEMBER 1992.
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IN THE FIRST NINE MONTHS OF 1993, THE VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS AMOUNTED TO $600,393 MILLION, WHICH WAS $105,076 MILLION OR 21% HIGHER THAN A YEAR EARLIER.
MILLION
TOTAL WAS
THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS, AT $163,635 MILLION, WAS $6,650
OR 3.9% LOWER THAN THAT IN THE SAME PERIOD LAST YEAR.
OF
TAKING RE-EXPORTS AND DOMESTIC EXPORTS TOGETHER, THE VALUE EXPORTS IN THE FIRST NINE MONTHS OF 1993, AT $764, 028 MILLION, $98,426 MILLION OR 15% HIGHER THAN A YEAR EARLIER.
THE VALUE OF IMPORTS INCREASED BY $100,570 MILLION OR 15% ΤΟ $790,505 MILLION.
A TRADE DEFICIT OF $26,477 MILLION, EQUIVALENT TO 3.3% OF THE VALUE OF IMPORTS, WAS RECORDED IN THE FIRST NINE MONTHS OF 1993.
/THIS COMPARED