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MONDAY, JULY 16, 1979

5.

RE-EXPORTS CONTINUED TO RISE REMARKABLY, DUE MAINLY TO STRONG DEMANDS FROM JAPAN ($ 1,163 MILLION, 42 PER CENT), U.S.A. ($ 742 MILLION, +66 PER CENT), TAIWAN ($ 659 MILLIÓN, + 51 PER CENT), SINGAPORE ($ 644 MILLION, 22 PER CENT), AND INDONESIA ($ 630 MILLION, + 21 PER CENT).

RE-EXPORT ITEMS IN ACTIVE DEMAND INCLUDED TEXTILES

($ 1,096 MILLION, + 101 PER CENT), PEARLS, PRECIOUS AND SEMI-PRECIOUS STONES ($ 978 MILLION, 41 PER CENT), WATCHES AND CLOCKS ($ 418 MILLION, 24 PER CENT), AND CLOTHING ($ 296 MILLION, + 80 PER CENT).

THE TRADE INDEX NUMBERS FOR APRIL 1979 (1973 - 100) WERE RELEASED AS FOLLOWS:

DOMESTIC EXPORTS

IMPORTS

VALUE INDEX

UNIT VALUE

QUANTUM

INDEX

INDEX

256

156

164

294

162

182

THE TERMS OF TRADE INDEX FOR APRIL 1979 WAS 96.

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