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SUNDAY, MAY 30, 1982

THE FOLLOWING ARE THE PROVISIONAL MERCHANDISE TRADE FIGURES FOR APRIL PUBLISHED BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT :

MERCHANDISE:

COMPARATIVE FIGURES

DOMESTIC EXPORTS

RE-EXPORTS

: $ 6 541 MILLION

$ 3 589 MILLION

TOTAL EXPORTS

$10 130 MILLION

IMPORTS

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$12 302 MILLION

TRADE BALANCE

$ 2 172 MILLION

(IN DEFICIT)

LATEST 3 MONTHS

FEB-APR

1982

FEB-APR

1981

INCREASE OR

DECREASE

$ MN.

$ MN.

$ MN.

%

DOMESTIC EXPORTS

17 806

15 558

+ 2 248

+14.4

RE-EXPORTS

10 897

9 522

+ 1 374

+14.4

TOTAL EXPORTS

28 702

25 080

+ 3 622

+14.4

IMPORTS

35 690

31 782

+ 3 908

+12.3

TRADE BALANCE

- 6 988

6 702

286

APRIL

SAME MONTH LAST YEAR

1982

$ MN.

APRIL 1981

$ MN.

DOMESTIC EXPORTS

(% OF TOTAL EXPORTS)

6 541 (64.69%)

5 844 (63.7%)

INCREASE OR

DECREASE

$ MN. %

697 +11.9

RE-EXPORTS

3 589

3 328

261

+ 7.8

TOTAL EXPORTS

10 130

9 172

958

+10.4

IMPORTS

12 302

11 398

904

+ 7.9

TRADE BALANCE

- 2 172

2 226

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