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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1981

COMPARING THE FIRST TEN MONTHS OF 1981 WITH THE FIRST TEN MONTHS OF 1980, THE GROWTH RATE OF IMPORTS, AT 26.2 PER CENT, *AS FASTER THAN THE GROWTH RATE OF TOTAL EXPORTS, AT 24.3 PER CENT. AS A CONSEQUENCE, THE VISIBLE TRADE +GAP+ WIDENED SLIGHTLY FROM 10.5 PER CT IN THE FIRST TEN MONTHS OF 1980 TO 11.9 PER

EAT IA THE FIRST TEN MONTHS OF 1981.

THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT HAD RELEASED THE FOLLOWING PROVISIONAL MERCHANDISE TRADE FIGURES FOR OCTOBER :-

DOMESTIC EXPORTS IS 7 534 MILLION

MERCHANDISE:

RE-EXPORTS

13 3 691 MILLION

TOTAL EXPORTS

IMPORTS

:$11 225 MILLION

:$12 073 MILLION

TRADE BALANCE

:3

848 MILLION (IN DEFICIT)

COMPARATIVE FIGURES

LATEST 3 MONTHS

AUG - OCT

1981

AUG- OCT

1980

INCREASE OR

DECREASE

→ MN.

3 MN.

& MN.

DOMESTIC EXPORTS

22 667

18 829

+3 838

+20.4

RE-EXPORTS

10 991

8 367

+2 624

+31.4

TOTAL EXPORTS

33 659

27 196

+6 463 +23.8

IMPORTS

35 009

28 352

+6 657 +23.5

TRADE BALANCE

- 1 350

- 1 156

SAME MONTH LAST YEAR

OCTOBER

1981

OCTOBER

1980

194

INCREASE OR

DECREASE

S MN.

$ MN.

S MN.

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DOMESTIC EXPORTS

(% OF TOTAL EXPORTS)

7 534 (67.1%)

6 106 (67.8%)

+1 428

+23.4

RE-EXPORTS

3 691

2 899

792

+27.3

TOTAL EXPORTS

11 225

9 005

+2 220

+24.6

IMPORTS

12 073

9 572

+2 501

+26.1

TRADE BALANCE

343

567

281

/LAST MONTH