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MONDAY, MAY 28, 1984

TRADE FIGURES FOR APRIL,

1984

THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT HAS RELEASED THE FOLLOWING PROVISIONAL MERCHANDISE TRADE FIGURES FOR APRIL :

MERCHANDISE.

COMPARATIVE FIGURES

DOMESTIC EXPORTS RE-EXPORTS TOTAL EXPORTS IMPORTS

TRADE BALANCE

FEBRUARY-APRIL

1984

• $10 449 MILLION : $ 6 090 MILLION

: $16 539 MILLION : $18 529 MILLION : $ 1 990 MILLION (IN DEFICIT)

FEBRUARY-APRIL

1983

INCREASE OR

DECREASE

LATEST 3 MONTHS

$ MN.

$ MN.

$ MN.

%

DOMESTIC EXPORTS

27 774

19 802

+ 7 972

+ 40.3

RE-EXPORTS

17 836

11 604

+ 6 232

+ 53.7

TOTAL EXPORTS

45 610

31 406

+14 204

+ 45.2

IMPORTS

IMPORTS

51 414

36 131

+15 283 + 42.3

TRADE BALANCE

5 804

- 4 725

- 1 079

SAME MONTH

LAST YEAR

APRIL 1984

APRIL 1983

INCREASE OR

DECREASE

$ MN.

$ MN.

$ MN.

%

DOMESTIC EXPORTS

(% OF TOTAL

10 449 (63.2%)

7 612 (64.6%)

+ 2 837

+ 37.3

EXPORTS)

RE-EXPORTS

6 090

4 171

+1 919

+ 46.0

TOTAL EXPORTS

16 539

11 783

+ 4 756

IMPORTS

18 529

TRADE BALANCE

- 1 990

13 533

- 1 750

+ 4 996

+ 40.4

+ 36.9

240

/LAST MONTH