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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1978

THE SHORT TERM CHANGES NOVEMBER 1978 COMPARED WITH OCTOBER 1978 - SHOWED INCREASES OF $815 MILLION OR 14.5 PER CENT FOR IMPORTS, $145 MILLION OR 11.7 PER CENT FOR RE-EXPORTS, AND A DECREASE OF $9 MILLION OR 0.2 PER CENT FOR DOMESTIC EXPORTS.

THE FIGURES FOR THE 12-MONTH PERIOD FROM DECEMBER, 1977, TO NOVEMBER, 1978, COMPARED WITH THOSE FOR THE PREVIOUS 12-MONTH PERIOD SHOWED INCREASES, BY VALUE, OF 15.8 PER CENT FOR DOMESTIC EXPORTS, 27.6 PER CENT FOR IMPORTS AND 33.8 PER CENT FOR RE-EXPORTS.

THE FOLLOWING IS THE PROVISIONAL MERCHANDISE TRADE FIGURES FOR NOVEMBER, 1978:

MERCHANDISE.

DOMESTIC EXPORTS

. $3,797 MILLION

IMPORTS

RE-EXPORTS

: $6,420 MILLION

: $1,383 MILLION

TRADE BALANCE

: $1,240 MILLION (IN DEFICIT)

COMPARATIVE FIGURES

LATEST 3 MONTHS

SEPT.-NOV. 1978

SEPT.-NOV. 1977

$ MN.

$ MN.

INCREASE OR

DECREASE

$ MN.

%%

DOMESTIC EXPORTS

11,339

8,939

+ 2,400 + 26.8

IMPORTS

17,529

12,347

+ 5,182 + 42.0

RE-EXPORTS

3,822

2,589

+

TRADE BALANCE

- 2,368

819

SAME MONTH

LAST YEAR

NOVEMBER 1978

NOVEMBER 1977

$ MN.

$ MN.

DOMESTIC EXPORTS

(% OF TOTAL

EXPORTS)

IMPORTS

3,797 (73.3%)

3,055 (77.9%)

-

1,233 + 47.6

1,549

INCREASE OR

DECREASE

$ MN.

742

%

+ 24.3

6,420

4,325

RE-EXPORTS

(% OF TOTAL

EXPORTS)

1,383 (26.7%)

868

+ 2,095

+48.4

515 + 59.3

(22.1%)

TRADE BALANCE

- 1,240

402

-

838

/LAST MONTH