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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1979

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THE FOLLOWING ARE COMPARATIVE TRADE FIGURES:

LATEST 3 MONTHS

JULY-SEPT. 1979

JULY-SEPT. 1978

INCREASE OR

DECREASE

$ MN.

$ MN.

MN.

%

DOMESTIC EXPORTS

16 280

11 290

+ 4 989

+44.2

RE-EXPORTS

5 141

3 396

TOTAL EXPORTS

21 421

14 686

IMPORTS

22 515

15 844

+1 745 +51.4

+ 6 735 +45.9

+ 6 671 +42.1

TRADE BALANCE

- 1 094

- 1 158

SAME MONTH LAST YEAR

SEPTEMBER

1979

$ MN.

DOMESTIC EXPORTS

(% OF TOTAL EXPORTS)

5 316 (75.4%)

SEPTEMBER

1978

$ MN.

3 736 (75.7%)

64

INCREASE OR

DECREASE

$

MN.

%

+ 1 580

+42.3

RE-EXPORTS

1 734

1 200

534

+44.5

TOTAL EXPORTS

7 051

4936

+ 2 114 +42.8

IMPORTS

7 648

5 505

+ 2 143 +38.9

TRADE BALANCE

597

LAST MONTH

SEPTEMBER

1979

569

AUGUST 1979

28

INCREASE OR DECREASE

$ MN.

$ MN.

$ MN.

6

DOMESTIC EXPORTS

(% OF TOTAL EXPORTS)

5 316 (75.4%)

5 806 (76.8%)

489

-

8.4

RE-EXPORTS

1 734

1 757

23

1.3

TOTAL EXPORTS

7 051

7 563

512

-

- 6.8

IMPORTS

7 648

7 348

300

+ 4.1

TRADE BALANCE

-

597

215

812

CALENDAR YEAR TO-DATE

DOMESTIC EXPORTS

(% OF TOTAL EXPORTS)

JAN.-SEPT. 1979

JAN.-SEPT. 1978

INCREASE OR

DECREASE

$ MN.

$ MN.

$

MN.

%

39 688

(73.5%)

28 758 (75.5%)

+10 930

+38.0

/RE-EXPORTS