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MERCHANDISE :

COMPARATIVE FIGURES

2

DOMESTIC EXPORTS RE-EXPORTS TOTAL EXPORTS IMPORTS

TRADE BALANCE

SATURDAY, MARCH 28, 1961

: $3 938 MILLION : $2 878 MILLION : $6 817 MILLION

■ $9 091 MILLION

1 $2 274 MILLION (IN DEFICIT)

DEC 1980 TO

LATEST 3 MONTHS

FEB 1981

DEC 1979 TO FEB 1980

INCREASE OR

DECREASE

$ MN.

$ MN.

$ MN.

$

DOMESTIC EXPORTS

16 541

14 717

1 823 +12.4

RE-EXPORTS

9 323

5 724

3 599 +62.9

TOTAL EXPORTS

25 864

20 441

5 423 +26.5

IMPORTS

31 051

23 569

7 482 +31.7

TRADE BALANCE

5 187

3 128

2 509

SAME MONTH LAST YEAR

FEB 1981

FEB 1980

INCREASE OR

DECREASE

$ MN.

DOMESTIC EXPORTS

(S OF TOTAL EXPORTS)

3 938 (57.8%)

$ MN.

4131 (69.8%)

MN.

193

-

7

RE-EXPORTS

2 878

1 788

TOTAL EXPORTS

6 817

5 919

IMPORTS

9 091

7 124

1 091 +61.0

898 +15.2

1 967 +27.6

TRADE BALANCE

2 274

-

1 205

1 069

LAST MONTH

FEB 1981

JAN 1981

$ MN.

$ MN.

INCREASE OR

DECREASE

$ MN.

DOMESTIC EXPORTS

(S OF TOTAL EXPORTS)

3 938 (57.8%)

6 346 (65.6%)

2 408

-37.9

RE-EXPORTS

2 878

3 328

449

-13.5

TOTAL EXPORTS

6 817

9 674

2 857 -29.5

IMPORTS

9 091

10 685

1 595 -14.9

TRADE BALANCE

2 274

1 011

1 263