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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1982

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TRADE FIGURES FOR JANUARY, 1982

THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT HAS RELEASED THE FOLLOWING PROVISIONAL MERCHANDISE TRADE FIGURES FOR JANUARY 1-

MERCHANDISE,

DOMESTIC EXPORTS | $ 6 239 MILLION

COMPARATIVE FIGURES

RE-EXPORTS

$ 3 319 MILLION

TOTAL EXPORTS

1 $ 9 558 MILLION

IMPORTS

TRADE BALANCE

1

■ $10 023 MILLION

465 MILLION (IN DEFICIT)

LATEST 3 MONTHS

NOV. 1981

TO JAN. 1982

NOV. 1980

TO JAN. 1981

INCREASE OR

DECREASE

$ MN.

MN.

MN.

DOMESTIC EXPORTS

21 047

18 486

+ 2 561 +13.9

RE-EXPORTS

11 157

9 376

+ 1 780

TOTAL EXPORTS

32 204

27 863

+ 4 341

IMPORTS

35 486

32 854

+ 2 632

+19.0

+15.6

+ 8.0

TRADE BALANCE

3 282

- 4 991

+ 1 709

SAME MONTH LAST YEAR

JAN. 1982

JAN. 1981

$ MN.

$ MN.

$ MN.

INCREASE OR

DECREASE

*

DOMESTIC EXPORTS

(% OF TOTAL EXPORTS)

6 239 (65.3%)

6 346 (65.6%)

106

-

1.7

RE-EXPORTS

3 319

3 328

9

-0.3

TOTAL EXPORTS

9 558

9 674

116

1.2

IMPORTS

10 023

10 685

663

-

- 6.2

TRADE BALANCE

465

- 1 011

546

/LAST MONTH