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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 29, 1981

THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT HAS RELEASED THE FOLLOWING PROVISIONAL MERCHANDISE TRADE FIGURES FOR MARCH:

MERCHANDISE

DOMESTIC EXPORTS: $ 5 784 MILLION

RE-EXPORTS

TOTAL EXPORTS

IMPORTS

TRADE BALANCE

• $ 3 326 MILLION

: $9 111 MILLION

: $11 326 MILLION

■ $ 2 215 MILLION (IN DEFICIT)

COMPARATIVE FIGURES

LATEST 3 MONTHS

JAN - MAR

1981

$ MN.

JAN - MAR

1980

$ MN.

$ MN.

INCREASE OR

DECREASE

*

DOMESTIC EXPORTS

(% OF TOTAL EXPORTS)

16 068 (62.8%)

13 708 (69.4%)

+ 2 359

+ 17.2

RE-EXPORTS

9 527

6 036

+ 3 491

+ 57.8

TOTAL EXPORTS

25 595

19 744

+ 5 850

+ 29.6

IMPORTS

31 101

24 212

+ 6 889

+ 28.5

TRADE BALANCE

5 506

4 468

- 1 038

SAME MONTH LAST YEAR

MARCH 1981

$ MN.

MARCH 1980

$ MN.

INCREASE OR

DECREASE

$ MN.

%

DOMESTIC EXPORTS

(% OF TOTAL EXPORTS)

5 784 (63.5%)

4 585 (67.6%)

+ 1 200

+ 26.2

RE-EXPORTS

3 326

2 202

• 1 124

TOTAL EXPORTS

9 111

6 787

+ 2 324

IMPORTS

11 326

8 959

+ 2 367

+51.1

+ 34.2

+ 26.4

TRADE BALANCE

2 215

2 172

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/LAST MONTH