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FRIDAY, MARCH 26, 1982

TRADE FIGURES FOR FEBRUARY, 1982

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

MERCHANDISE:

COMPARATIVE FIGURES

DOMESTIC EXPORTS

1 $ 4 694 MILLION

RE-EXPORTS

# $ 3 597 MILLION

TOTAL EXPORTS

: $8 290 MILLION

IMPORTS

■ $11 220 MILLION

TRADE BALANCE

■ $ 2 930 MILLION

(IN DEFICIT)

DECEMBER 1981

TO

LATEST 3 MONTHS

FEBRUARY 1982

FEBRUARY 1981

DECEMBER 1980

TO

INCREASE OR

DECREASE

$ MN.

$ MN.

$ MN.

%

DOMESTIC EXPORTS

18 715

16 540

+ 2 176

+ 13.2

RE-EXPORTS

10 815

9 317

+ 1 497

+ 16.1

TOTAL EXPORTS

29 530

25 857

+ 3 673

+ 14.2

IMPORTS

34 241

31 051

+ 3 190

+ 10.3

TRADE BALANCE

- 4 711

- 5 194

483

SAME MONTH LAST YEAR

FEBRUARY 1982

FEBRUARY 1981

INCREASE OR

DECREASE

$ MN.

$ MN.

$ MN.

DOMESTIC EXPORTS

(%% OF TOTAL EXPORTS)

4 694 (56.6%)

3 938 (57.8%)

755 + 19.2

RE-EXPORTS

3 597

2 878

718

+ 24.9

TOTAL EXPORTS

8 290

6 817

+1 473

+ 21.6

IMPORTS

11 220

9 091

+ 2 130

+ 23.4

TRADE BALANCE

-

- 2 930

- 2 274

656

/LAST MONTH