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TUESDAY, JULY 26, 1977

PROVISIONAL TRADE FIGURES FOR JUNE 1977

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THERE WAS A DROP IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS, IMPORTS AND RE-EXPORTS LAST MONTH COMPARED WITH THE PREVIOUS MONTH, ACCORDING TO PROVISIONAL TRADE FIGURES PUBLISHED TODAY BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.

THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS FOR JUNE WAS $2,930 MILLION, IMPORTS WERE WORTH $3,992 MILLION AND RE-EXPORTS $806 MILLION. COMPARED WITH MAY, THE FIGURES REPRESENTED DECREASES OF $27 MILLION OR 0.9 PER CENT FOR DOMESTIC EXPORTS, $184 MILLION OR 4.4 PER CENT FOR IMPORTS AND $16 MILLION OR 1.9 PER CENT FOR RE-EXPORTS.

COMPARED WITH THE SAME MONTH LAST YEAR, THE FIGURES SHOWED INCREASES, BY VALUE, OF $100 MILLION OR 3.5' PER CENT IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS, $339 MILLION OR 9.3 PER CENT IN IMPORTS AND $69 MILLION OR 9.4 PER CENT IN RE-EXPORTS.

THE FIGURES FOR THE PERIOD APRIL TO JUNE 1977 ALSO SHOWED INCREASES BY VALUE, OF 6.9 PER CENT FOR DOMESTIC EXPORTS, 12.9 PER CENT FOR IMPORTS AND 9.3 PER CENT FOR RE-EXPORTS, COMPARED WITH THE SAME PERIOD IN 1976.

FOR THE 12-MONTH PERIOD FROM JULY 1976 TO JUNE 1977, THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS, IMPORTS AND RE-EXPORTS INCREASED BY 20.6 PER CENT, 17.5 PER CENT AND 15.7 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY COMPARED WITH THE CORRESPONDING 12 MONTH OF THE PREVIOUS YEAR.

THE FOLLOWING TRADE TABLE GIVES THE COMPARATIVE FIGURES:

COMPARATIVE FIGURES

APRIL-JUNE APRIL-JUNE

LATEST 3 MONTHS

1977

1976

INCREASE OR

DECREASE

$ MN.

$ MN.

$ MN.

9%

DOMESTIC EXPORTS

8,505

7,957

+

548

6.9

IMPORTS

12,298

10,889

+1,409

+ 12.9

RE-EXPORTS

2,347

2,147

200

9.3

JUNE

JUNE

INCREASE OR

SAME MONTH LAST YEAR

1977

1976

DECREASE

$ MN.

$ MN.

$ MN.

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DOMESTIC EXPORTS

2,930

2.831

+

100

3.5

(% OF TOTAL EXPORTS)

(78,4%)

(79.3%)

IMPORTS

3,992

3,652

339

9.3

RE-EXPORTS

806

(% OF TOTAL EXPORTS)

(21.6%)

737 (20.7%)

69

9.4

/LAST MONTH