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THURSDAY, MAY 10, 1984

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FIRST QUARTER EXPORTS RISE 50 PER CENT

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TOTAL MERCHANDISE TRADE FOR JANUARY - MARCH THIS YEAR, VALUED AT $94 621 MILLION, INCREASED BY 48 PER CENT COMPARED WITH TRADE FOR THE SIMILAR PERIOD IN 1983, ACCORDING TO SUMMARY TRADE FIGURES RELEASED TODAY BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.

DOMESTIC EXPORTS ROSE BY 51 PER CENT TO $28 115 MILLION, IMPORTS BY 43 PER CENT TO $48 784 MILLION AND RE-EXPORTS BY 99 PER CENT TO $17 722 MILLION. DOMESTIC EXPORTS AND RE-EXPORTS TOGETHER INCREASED BY 54 PER CENT.

DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO THE UNITED STATES, ROSE BY 69 PER CENT IN VALUE.

SUBSTANTIAL INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN CLOTHING

(BY $1 882 MILLION OR 71 PER CENT), OFFICE MACHINES AND AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT (BY $629 MILLION OR 113 PER CENT) AND ELECTRICAL MACHINERY APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES, AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF (BY $591 MILLION OR 72 PER CENT).

ON THE OTHER HAND, DECREASES WERE RECORDED IN TRANSISTORS AND DIODES (BY $33 MILLION OR 66 PER CENT) AND WATCHES AND CLOCKS (BY $23 MILLION OR FOUR PER CENT).

MOST COMMODITIES EXPORTED TO THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY INCREASED IN VALUE, INCLUDING CLOTHING (BY $444 MILLION OR 48 PER CENT), OFFICE MACHINES AND AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT (BY $51 MILLION OR 148 PER CENT) AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $32 MILLION OR 28 PER CENT).

INCREASES IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO THE UNITED KINGDOM WERE REGISTERED FOR CLOTHING (BY $251 MILLION OR 41 PER CENT), OFFICE MACHINES AND AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT (BY $235 MILLION OR 1 266 PER CENT), TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $56 MILLION OR 83 PER CENT) AND TEXTILES (BY $36 MILLION OR 32 PER CENT).

SIGNIFICANT INCREASES WERE REGISTERED IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS

TO CHINA OF TEXTILES (BY $181 MILLION OR 61 PER CENT) AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $142 MILLION OR 114 PER CENT); AND IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO JAPAN OF CLOTHING (BY $127 MILLION OR 74 PER CENT).

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