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MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1978

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MACHINERY AND

5,454

6,490

+1,036

+ 19%

TRANSPORT EQUIPMENT

FOOD AND LIVE

4,076

4,489

+ 413

+ 10%

ANIMALS CHIEFLY

FOR FOOD

MISCELLANEOUS

3,340

4,448

+1,108

+ 33%

MANUFACTURED ARTICLES

(MAINLY WATCHES AND

CLOCKS, ARTICLES OF

APPAREL)

CHEMICALS AND RELATED PRODUCTS

2,094

2,448

354 + 17%

BIGGER INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN THE IMPORTS OF WATCHES AND CLOCKS ($1,578 MILLION, +35%), ROAD VEHICLES ($776 MILLION, +44%) AS WELL AS OFFICE MACHINES AND AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT ($665 MILLION, +42%). IN ADDITION, TEXTILE FABRICS ($2,835 MILLION), IRON AND STEEL ($1,020 MILLION) ALSO REGISTERED AN INCREASE OF ABOUT 27 PER CENT.

RE-EXPORTS CONTINUED TO GROW DUE TO INCREASED DEMANDS FROM JAPAN ($1,176 MILLION, +47% ), INDONESIA ($706 MILLION, +45%), TAIWAN ($628 MILLION, +35%), U.S.A. ($643 MILLION, +36%) AND SINGAPORE ($748 MILLION, +27%).

A RISE OF $286 MILLION (+72%) WAS REGISTERED FOR RE-EXPORTS OF DIAMONDS. FURTHERMORE, RE-EXPORTS OF WATCHES AND CLOCKS ALSO SHOWED AN INCREASE OF 20 PER CENT REACHING $474 MILLION AND TEXTILE AND RELATED PRODUCTS 17 PER CENT REACHING $824 MILLION. ROAD VEHICLES ROSE SHARPLY TO $159 MILLION (+107%) WHILE POWER GENERATING MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT ROSE TO $103 MILLION (+89%).

THE TRADE INDEXES FOR MAY 1978 WERE AS FOLLOWS:

VALUE INDEX

DOMESTIC EXPORTS

208

IMPORTS

209

QUANTUM (1973-100)

INDEX

UNIT VALUE

INDEX

136

153

141

148

THE TERMS OF TRADE INDEX FOR MAY WAS 96.

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