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SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1977

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PROVISIONAL TRADE FIGURES FOR OCTOBER

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THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS FOR LAST MONTH (OCTOBER) WAS $2,901 MILLION, IMPORTS WERE WORTH $4,278 MILLION AND RE-EXPORTS $898 MILLION, ACCORDING TO THE PROVISIONAL TRADE FIGURES PUBLISHED TODAY BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.

THE FIGURES FOR THE PERIOD FROM AUGUST TO OCTOBER (LATEST THREE MONTHS) SHOWED INCREASES BY VALUE OF 2.8 PER CENT FOR DOMESTIC EXPORTS, 5.1 PER CENT FOR IMPORTS AND 11.8 PER CENT FOR RE-EXPORTS COMPARED WITH THE SAME PERIOD IN 1976.

COMPARED WITH THE SAME MONTH IN 1976, INCREASES BY VALUE WERE RECORDED AT $331 MILLION OR 8.4 PER CENT FOR IMPORTS AND $90 MILLION OR 11.1 PER CENT FOR RE-EXPORTS. HOWEVER EXPORTS SHOWED A DECREASE OF $23 MILLION OR 0.8 PER CENT.

THE SHORT-TERM CHANGES, LAST MONTH COMPARED WITH SEPTEMBER, SHOWED INCREASES OF $533 MILLION OR 14.2 PER CENT FOR IMPORTS, $74 MILLION OR 9 PER CENT FOR RE-EXPORTS AND A DECREASE OF $83 MILLION OR 2.8 PER CENT FOR EXPORTS.

THE FIGURES FOR THE 12-MONTH PERIOD FROM NOVEMBER 1976 TO OCTOBER 1977 COMPARED WITH THOSE OF THE PREVIOUS 12-MONTH PERIOD SHOWED INCREASES, BY VALUE, OF 9.5 PER CENT FOR DOMESTIC EXPORTS, 12.3 PER CENT FOR IMPORTS AND 12.1 PER CENT FOR RE-EXPORTS.

THE FOLLOWING ARE COMPARATIVE TRADE FIGURES:

LATEST

3 MONTHS

AUGUST-OCTOBER 1977

AUGUST-OCTOBER

1976

INCREASE OR DECREASE

4 MN.

$ MN.

$ MN.

%

DOMESTIC

EXPORTS

9,200

8,949

+ 251

+ 2.8

IMPORTS

11,782

11,215

+ 567

5.1

RE-EXPORTS

2,562

2,292

+ 270

+ 11.8

SAME MONTH

LAST YEAR

OCTOBER

1977

OCTOBER

1976

$ MN.

3 MN.

$ MN.

INCREASE

OR DECREASE

%

DOMESTIC

EXPORTS

2,901

2,924

23

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0.8

(% OF TOTAL

EXPORTS)

(76.4)

(78.3%)

IMPORTS

4,278

3,947

+ 331

8.4

RE-EXPORTS

898

809

90

+ 11.1

(% OF TOTAL

EXPORTS)

(23.6%)

(21.74)

/LAST MONTH