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THURSDAY, MAY 10, 1984

EK'S EXTERNAL TRADE TABLES FOR JANUARY - MARCH 1984

Table 1

Domestic exports by ten major markets

Increase/ Percentage

Major market

Jan.-Mar. 1984 ($ Mn)

Jan.-Mar. 1983

change

($ Mn)

($ Mn)

(د)

U.S.A.

12,068

7.133

+4,935

+69

F.R. of Germany

2,223

1,554

669

+443

U.K.

2,089

1,476

*

613

+42

China

1,984

1,063

922

+87

Japan

996

714

+ 281

+39

Canada

910

626

+ 284

+45

Australia

842

525

+

316

+60

Singapore

621

444

177

+40

Netherlands

537

411

127

+31

Switzerland

446

328

118

+36

Table 2: Domestic exports by major commodity divisions

Commodity division

Jan.-Mar.

1984

Jan.-Mar. 1983

Increase/ Fercentage

change

($ Mn)

($ Mn)

($ Mn)

(22)

Articles of apparel and

clothing accessories

9,459

6,164

+3,295

+53

Miscellaneous manufactured

articles (mainly plastic toys

and dolls, jewellery, goldsmiths'

and silversmiths' wares, and

artificial flowers)

3,893

2,750

+1,143

+42

Electrical machinery, apparatus

and appliances (mainly transistors

and diodes and household type

appliances)

2,441

1,533

908

+59

Telecommunications and sound

recording and reproducing

apparatus and equipment

2,207

1,322

886

+67