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SUNDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1980

THE FOLLOWING ARE COMPARATIVE TRADE FIGURES 1

LATEST 3 MONTHS

JULY-SEPTEMBER JULY-SEPTEMBER

INCREASE OR

DECREASE

1980

1979

$ MN

$ MN

$ MN

%

DOMESTIC EXPORTS

18 821

16 272

+ 2 550

+ 15.7

RE-EXPORTS

7 895

5 140

+ 2 755

+ 53.6

TOTAL EXPORTS

26 716

21 412

+ 5 305

+ 24.8

IMPORTS

27 976

22 504

+ 5 472

+ 24.3

TRADE BALANCE

1 260

- 1 092

168

SEPTEMBER

SAME MONTH LAST YEAR

1980

$ MN

$ MN

SEPTEMBER

1979

INCREASE OR

DECREASE

$ MN

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DOMESTIC EXPORTS

(% OF TOTAL EXPORTS)

5 980 (68.3%)

5 316 (75.49%)

664

+ 12.5

RE-EXPORTS

2 782

1 734

+ 1 047

+ 60.4

TOTAL EXPORTS

8 762

7 051

+1 711

+ 24.3

IMPORTS

9 388

7 648

+ 1 741

+ 22.8

TRADE BALANCE

626

597

29

SEPTEMBER

LAST MONTH

1980

$ MN

AUGUST 1980

$ MN

INCREASE OR

DECREASE

$ MN

%

DOMESTIC EXPORTS

(% OF TOTAL EXPORTS)

5 980 (68.3%)

6 769 (71.5%)

788

-11.6

RE-EXPORTS

2 782

2 696

86

+ 3.2

TOTAL EXPORTS

8 762

9 465

703

- 7.4

IMPORTS

9 388

9 448

60

0.6

TRADE BALANCE

626

17

643

/CALENDAR YEAR

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