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FRIDAY, MAY 25, 1979

EVEN SO, THE VISIBLE TRADE DEFICIT FOR THE FIRST FOUR MONTHS OF 1979, AT RATHER LESS THAN 19 PER CENT OF THE VALUE OF IMPORTS, WAS ALREADY SMALLER IN RELATIVE TERMS THAN IN THE SAME PERIOD LAST YEAR WHEN THE PROPORTION WAS RATHER MORE THAN 20 PER CENT.

APRIL

FOLLOWING ARE THE PROVISIONAL MERCHANDISE TRADE FIGURES FOR

MERCHANDISE 1

COMPARATIVE FIGURES

DOMESTIC EXPORTS

$4,154 MILLION

IMPORTS

$7,114 MILLION

RE-EXPORTS

$1,586 MILLION

TRADE BALANCE

$1,374 MILLION (IN DEFICITY

FEB.

LATEST 3 MONTHS

·APRIL 1979

-

FEB. ·APRIL INCREASE OR

1978

DECREASE

$ MN.

$ MN.

$ MN.

DOMESTIC EXPORTS

IMPORTS

RE-EXPORTS

TRADE BALANCE

SAME MONTH LAST YEAR

10,431

8,031

+2,400 +29.9

19,272

13,775

+5,496 +39.9

4,465

2,769

+1,696 +61.2

-

4,376

- 2,975

-1,401

APRIL 1979

APRIL

1978

INCREASE OR

DECREASE

$ MN.

$ MN.

MN.

DOMESTIC EXPORTS

(%% OF TOTAL EXPORTS)

4.154 (72.49%)

3,043 (75.2%)

+1,111 +36.5

IMPORTS

7,114

4,968

+2,146 +43.2

RE-EXPORTS

(%% OF TOTAL EXPORTS)

1.586 (27.6%)

1,001

(24.8%)

TRADE BALANCE

- 1,374

924

APRIL

LAST MONTH

1979

MARCH 1979

$ MN.

$ MN.

585 +58.4

450

INCREASE OR

DECREASE

$ MN. %

DOMESTIC EXPORTS

(% OF TOTAL EXPORTS)

4.154 (72.4%)

3,814 (71.0%)

/IMPORTS

340

+ 8.9