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SUNDAY, JANUARY 15, 1978

COMMODITIES REGISTERING FAVOURABLE GROWTH RATES INCLUDED ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES (+$167 MILLION OR +29.3%). TEXTILE YARN AND THREAD (+$112 MILLION OR +66.4%), MACHINERY, OTHER THAN ELECTRIC (+$104 MILLION OR +23.5%) AND TRANSPORT EQUIPMENT (+$94 MILLION OR +125.8%).

THE TRADE INDEXES FOR OCTOBER, 1977 WERE AS FOLLOWS:

VALUE INDEX

UNIT VALUE

INDEX

DOMESTIC EXPORTS

179

134

IMPORTS

177

135

QUANTUM INDEX

(1973-100)

133

131

THE TERMS OF TRADE INDEX (1.E. EXPORT PRICES OVER IMPORT PRICES) FOR OCTOBER WAS 99.

(NOTE: ALL VALUES WERE ROUNDED TO THE NEAREST MILLION DOLLAR.)

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