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THURSDAY, JUNE 26, 1980

THE FOLLOWING ARE COMPARATIVE TRADE FIGURES

MARCH- MAY

MARCH

MAY

LATEST 3 MONTHS

1980

1979

INCREASE OR

DECREASE

$ M

$ M

SM

%

DOMESTIC EXPORTS

15 933

12 538

+ 3 395

+ 27.1

RE-EXPORTS

7 028

4 813

+ 2 215

+ 46.0

TOTAL EXPORTS

22 961

17 351

+5 610

+ 32.3

IMPORTS

27 926

20 512

+ 7 414

+ 36.1

TRADE BALANCE

- 4965

3 161

1 804

SAME MONTH LAST YEAR

MAY 1980

MAY 1979

INCREASE OR

DECREASE

$ M

$ M

$ M

%

DOMESTIC EXPORTS

(% OF TOTAL EXPORTS)

5 968 (70.3%)

4 552 (73.3%)

+1 416

+ 31.1

RE-EXPORTS

2 527

1 656

871

+ 52.6

TOTAL EXPORTS

8 495

6 208

+ 2 287

+ 36.8

IMPORTS

9 456

6 884

+ 2 572

+ 37.4

TRADE BALANCE

961

676

MAY

APRIL

LAST MONTH

1980

1980

285

INCREASE OR

DECREASE

$ M

M

$

SM

DOMESTIC EXPORTS

(% OF TOTAL EXPORTS)

5 968 (70.3%)

5 389 (70.1%)

579

+ 10.8

RE-EXPORTS

2 527

2 302

225

9.8

TOTAL EXPORTS

8 495

7 690

804

+ 10.5

IMPORTS

9 456

9 537

80

-

0.8

TRADE BALANCE

961

- 1 847

886

/CALENDAR YEAR