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THURSDAY, JANUARY 13, 1983

GOODS TRADE FOR 11 MONTHS UP THREE PER CENT

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TOTAL MERCHANDISE TRADE FOR JANUARY TO NOVEMBER 1982, VALUED AT $243 346 MILLION, INCREASED BY THREE PER CENT COMPARED WITH THE SIMILAR PERIOD IN 1981, ACCORDING TO FIGURES RELEASED TODAY BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.

DOMESTIC EXPORTS ROSE BY THREE PER CENT TO $74 641 MILLION, IMPORTS BY THREE PER CENT TO $128 849 MILLION AND RE-EXPORTS BY FIVE PER CENT TO $39 856 MILLION.

DOMESTIC EXPORTS AND RE-EXPORTS TOGETHER INCREASED BY FOUR PER CENT.

CHANGES IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO THE TEN MAJOR OVERSEAS MARKETS WERE AS FOLLOWS:-

INCREASE/

PERCENTAGE

JAN-NOV 1982 ($ MN)

JAN-NOV 1981 ($ MN)

DECREASE

CHANGE

($ MN)

U.S.A.

28 263

26 489

+1 775

+7

U.K.

6 363

6 873

510

- 7

F.R. OF GERMANY

6 115

6 169

54

1

CHINA

3 389

2 535

854

+34

JAPAN

2 912

2 697

+

216

+ 8

AUSTRALIA

2 576

2 467

109

4

CANADA

2 350

2 130

221

+10

SINGAPORE

1 767

1 583

185

+12

NETHERLANDS

1 461

1 397

64

5

FRANCE

1 336

1 323

13

+1

DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO THE U.S.A. ROSE BY SEVEN PER CENT. SUBSTANTIAL INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN PLASTIC TOYS AND DOLLS (BY $875 MILLION OR 42%), CLOTHING (BY $696 MILLION OR 7%) AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $385 MILLION OR 25%).

DECREASES WERE RECORDED IN OFFICE MACHINES AND AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT (BY $598 MILLION OR 28%) AS WELL AS TEXTILES (BY $160 MILLION ÖR 24%).

DECREASES IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO THE UNITED KINGDOM WERE REGISTERED FOR CLOTHING (BY $209 MILLION OR 7%) AS WELL AS TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $177 MILLION OR 31%).

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/MOST COMMODITIES