TUESDAY, AUGUST 30, 1983
CALENDAR YEAR
JANUARY
JULY
JANUARY
-
JULY
TO-DATE
1983
1982
INCREASE OR
DECREASE
$ MN.
$ MN.
$ MN.
%
DOMESTIC EXPORTS
(% OF TOTAL
53 014 (64.9%)
45 497 (64.59%)
+ 7 517
+16.5
EXPORTS)
RE-EXPORTS
28 693
24 990
+ 3 703
+14.8
TOTAL EXPORTS
81 707
70 487
+11 220
+15.9
IMPORTS
91 260
81 064
+10 196
+12.6
TRADE BALANCE
9 553
-10 577
+ 1 024
LAST
AUGUST 1982
TO
12 MONTHS
JULY 1983
AUGUST 1981
TO JULY 1982
INCREASE OR
DECREASE
$ MN.
$ MN.
$ MN.
%
DOMESTIC EXPORTS
90 548
82 965
+ 7 583
+ 9.1
RE-EXPORTS
48 057
43 816
+ 4 241
+ 9.7
TOTAL EXPORTS
138 605
126 751
+11 824
+ 9.3
IMPORTS
153 088
141 517
+11 571
+ 8.2
TRADE BALANCE
-14 483
-14 736
253
DRIVE STEPPED UP AGAINST ILLICIT DRUG DEALINGS
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THE MEDICAL AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT HAS STEPPED UP ACTION TO COMBAT ILLICIT DEALINGS IN PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS, RESULTING IN A RECORD NUMBER OF PROSECUTIONS IN THE FIRST SEVEN MONTHS OF THIS YEAR.
THE DEPARTMENT'S FORENSIC PHARMACY DIVISION HAS INITIATED A TOTAL OF 83 PROSECUTIONS AGAINST SELLERS AND DEALERS FOR ALLEGED INFRINGEMENTS OF THE PHARMACY AND POISONS ORDINANCE COMPARED WITH 55 CASES FOR THE WHOLE OF 1982.
IN THE SAME PERIOD. THE INSPECTION AND LICENSING SECTION OF THE DIVISION CARRIED OUT 6 183 INSPECTIONS, COMPARED WITH 5 743 FOR THE WHOLE OF LAST YEAR.
+SO FAR, OF THE 83 PROSECUTIONS, WE HAVE ACHIEVED 51 CONVICTIONS, COMPARED WITH 68 FOR 1982, + A SPOKESMAN FOR THE MEDICAL AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT SAID.
+CUR OFFLRIS
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