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SATURDAY, DECEMBER 27,

1980

THE FOLLOWING ARE COMPARATIVE TRADE FIGURES:

LATEST 3 MONTHS

SEPT - NOV 1980

SEPT - NOV 1979

INCREASE OR

DECREASE

SM

$M

$M

%

DOMESTIC EXPORTS

17 960

15 951

+ 2 009 + 12.6

RE-EXPORTS

8 606

5 530

+ 3 076

+ 55.6

TOTAL EXPORTS

26 566

21 481

+ 5 085

+ 23.7

IMPORTS

29 822

24 141

+5 682

+ 23.5

TRADE BALANCE

- 3 256

- 2 660

596

NOV

NOV

SAME MONTH LAST YEAR

1980

1979

INCREASE OR

DECREASE

$M

SM

$M

*

DOMESTIC EXPORTS

(% OF TOTAL EXPORTS)

5 893 (66.8%)

5 337 (72.7%)

556 + 10.4

RE-EXPORTS

2 933

2 002

931

+ 46.5

TOTAL EXPORTS

8 827

7 339

+ 1 488

+ 20.3

IMPORTS

10 901

8 232

+ 2 669

+ 32.4

TRADE BALANCE

- 2 074

893

- 1 181

NOV

OCT

LAST MONTH

1980

1980

SM

W$

INCREASE OR

DECREASE

$M

90

DOMESTIC EXPORTS

(% OF TOTAL EXPORTS)

5 893 (66.8%)

6 106 (67.8%)

213

3.5

RE-EXPORTS

2 933

2 899

34

+ 1.2

TOTAL EXPORTS

8 827

9 005

179

2.0

IMPORTS

10 901

9 572

+ 1 328

+ 13.9

TRADE BALANCE

- 2 074

567

-

1 507

/CALENDAR YEAR

+