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SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1978

FOLLOWING ARE COMPARATIVE TRADE FIGURES :-

NOVEMBER 1977

TO

NOVEMBER 1976

TO

LATEST THREE MONTHS

JANUARY 1978

JANUARY 1977

INCREASE OR

DECREASE

3 MN.

$ MN.

$

MN.

R

DOMESTIC EXPORTS

IMPORTS

RE-EXPORTS

9,353

8,573

780

+ 9.1

13,530

11,599

+1,931

+16.6

2,725

2,470

255

+10.3

JANUARY

SAME MONTH LAST YEAR

1978

JANUARY

1977

INCREASE OR

DECREASE

$

MN.

$

MN.

MN.

%

DOMESTIC EXPORTS

2,721

(% OF TOTAL EXPORTS)

(75.5%)

IMPORTS

4,288

RE-EXPORTS

882

(% OF TOTAL EXPORTS)

(24.5%)

2,690 (76.2%)

3,831

841

(23.8%)

31 + 1.2

457 +11.9

+ 41 + 4.9

JANUARY

LAST MONTH

1978

DECEMBER 1977

INCREASE OR

DECREASE

$

MN.

$ MN.

$

MN.

*

DOMESTIC EXPORTS

2.721

(% OF TOTAL EXPORTS)

(75.5%)

IMPORTS

4.288

RE-EXPORTS

(* OF TOTAL EXPORTS)

882 (24.5%)

3,577 (78.6%)

4,916

975 (21.4%)

856

-23.9

628 -12.8

93

9.5

FEBRUARY 1977

TO

FEBRUARY 1976

TO

LAST 12 MONTHS

JANUARY 1978

JANUARY 1977

$

MN.

$

MN.

DOMESTIC EXPORTS

35,035

32,736

IMPORTS

49,158

43,888

RE-EXPORTS

9,871

9,039

INCREASE OR

DECREASE

$ MN. %

+2,299 + 7.0

+5,270

+12.0

+ 9.2

€32

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