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Thursday, September 28, 1972

Details of the provisional figures for August aret-

MERCHANDISE:

Domestic Exports: $1,417 million

COMPARATIVE FIGURES:

Imports

$1,895 million

Re-exports

$ 370 million

August 1972

August 1971

Increase or

decrease

# Mn.

# Mn.

8 Mn.

%

Domestic Exports

1.417

1,306

+ 111

+ 8.5

Imports

1,895

1,594

+ 301

+ 18.9

Re-exports

370

278

+ 93

+ 33.3

June-Aug.

1972

June-Aug.

1971

Increase or

decrease

Mn.

$ Mn.

$ Mn.

%

Domestic Exports

4,052

3,764

+ 288

+ 7.7

Imports

5,680

5,096

+ 584

+ 11.5

Re-exports

1,096

865

+ 231

+ 26.7

Jan.-Aug

1972

Jan.-Aug.

1971

Increase or

decrease

$ Mn.

$ Mn.

MIL.

%

Domestic Exports

9,715

8,938

+ 777

8.7

Imports

14,063

13,363

+ 700 + 5.2

Re-exports

2,561

2,158

+ 402

+ 18.6

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