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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1978

ACCELERATED INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN THE IMPORTS OF MAJOR RAW MATERIALS AND CONSUMER GOODS, INCLUDING PEARLS, SEMI-PRECIOUS AND PRECIOUS STONES ($3,152 MILLION, +54 PÉR CENT), TEXTILE FABRICS ($3,312 MILLION, +30 PER CENT), WATCHES AND CLOCKS ($1,816 MILLION, +36 PER CENT), IRON AND STEEL ($1,222 MILLION, +35 PER CENT).

IN ADDITION, IMPORTS OF ROAD VEHICLES ($896 MILLION, +45 PER CENT), OFFICE MACHINES AND AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESS ING EQUIPMENT ($773 MILLION, +46 PER CENT) OBSERVED SIZEABLE INCREASES.

RE-EXPORT ACTIVITIES REGISTERED MARKED ADVANCE IN THE FIRST EIGHT MONTHS OF 1978. THERE WERE INCREASED DEMANDS FROM JAPAN ($1,394 MILLION, +56 PER CENT), SINGAPORE ($887 MILLION, +30 PER CENT), INDONESIA ($835 MILLION, +37 PER CENT), U.S.A. ($760 MILLION, +37 PER CENT) AND TAIWAN ($738 MILLION, +37 PER CENT).

THE GOODS RE-EXPORTED WERE MAINLY PEARLS, SEMI-PRECIOUS AND PRECIOUS STONES ($1,194 MILLION, +50 PER CENT), WATCHES AND CLOCKS ($556 MILLION, +20 PER CENT), TEXTILE FABR ICS ($462 MILLION, +44 PER CENT), TEXTILE MADE-UP ARTICLES ($340 MILLION, +31 PER CENT) AND ROAD VEHICLES ($189 MILLION, +99 PER CENT).

THE TRADE INDEXES FOR JULY 1978 (1973-100) ARE AS FOLLOWS:

VALUE INDEX

UNIT VALUE

INDEX

QUANTUM INDEX

DOMESTIC EXPORTS

217

138

157

IMPORTS

209

143

146

THE TERMS OF TRADE INDEX FOR JULY IS 97.

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