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COMPARATIVE FIGURES

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1981

NOV 1980 TO

NOV 1979

TO

LATEST 3 MONTHS

JAN 1981

JAN 1980

INCREASE OR

DECREASE

$ MN.

$ MN.

$ MN.

%%

DOMESTIC EXPORTS

18 486

15 914

+ 2 572

+ 16.2

RE-EXPORTS

9 376

5 937

+ 3 439

+ 57.9

TOTAL EXPORTS

27 863

21 851

+6 011

+ 27.5

IMPORTS

32 854

24 661

+ 8 193

+ 33.2

TRADE BALANCE

4 991

2 810

-

2 181

SAME MONTH LAST YEAR

JAN 1981

JAN 1980

$ MN.

$ MN.

INCREASE OR

DECREASE

$ MN.

DOMESTIC EXPORTS

(% OF TOTAL EXPORTS)

6 346 (65.6%)

4 997 (70.9%)

+ 1 349

+ 27.0

RE-EXPORTS

3 328

2 047

+ 1 281

+ 62.6

TOTAL EXPORTS

9 674

7 044

+ 2 630

+ 37.3

IMPORTS

10 685

8 132

+ 2 553

+ 31.4

TRADE BALANCE

1 011

1 088

77

LAST MONTH

JAN 1981

DEC 1980

INCREASE OR DECREASE

$ MN.

$ MN.

$ MN,

%

DOMESTIC EXPORTS

(% OF TOTAL EXPORTS)

6 346 (65.6%)

6 270 (66.8%)

76

+ 1.2

RE-EXPORTS

3 328

3 120

208

+ 6.7

TOTAL EXPORTS

9 674

9 391

283

+ 3.0

IMPORTS

10 685

11 306

621

5.5

TRADE BALANCE

- 1 011

1 915

904

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