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SUNDAY, AUGUST 5, 1984

TABLE 3: COMPARISON OF RE-EXPORTS BY END-USE CATEGORY

BETWEEN MAY 1984 AND MAY 1983

END-USE CATEGORY

RE-EXPORT VALUE

RE-EXPORT UNIT VALUE

RE-EXPORT

VOLUME

FOODSTUFFS

+249%

+18%

+ 6%

CONSUMER GOODS

+40%

+12%

+249%

RAW MATERIALS AND

+71%

+19%

+44%

E

SEMI-MANUFACTURES

FUELS

+30%

+18%

+10%

CAPITAL GOODS

+85%

+12%

+65%

ALL COMMODITIES

+56%

+15%

+36%

MORE APARTMENT SALE AGREEMENTS REGISTERED

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THE NUMBER OF SALE AGREEMENTS ON FLATS INCREASED SUBSTANTIALLY IN THE FIRST HALF OF THIS YEAR, COMPARED WITH THE CORRESPONDING PERIOD OF 1983, ACCORDING TO FIGURES RELEASED TODAY BY THE LAND OFFICE OF THE REGISTRAR GENERAL'S DEPARTMENT.

A TOTAL OF 15 548 SUCH AGREEMENTS WERE REGISTERED, UP 40 PER CENT OVER THE YEAR-EARLIER FIGURE.

IN THE SAME PERIOD, 27 003 ASSIGNMENTS OF FLATS WERE REGISTERED, COMPARED WITH 22 371 IN THE FIRST HALF OF 1983.

A TOTAL OF 4 419 ASSIGNMENTS OF FLATS WERE COMPLETED BY THE LAND OFFICE ON BEHALF OF THE HOUSING AUTHORITY UNDER THE GOVERNMENT'S HOME OWNERSHIP SCHEME. THE YEAR-EARLIER FIGURE WAS 4 910.

TWENTY-NINE BUILDING MORTGAGES AND 22 083 OTHER MORTGAGES WERE REGISTERED, COMPARED WITH 29 AND 18 437 RESPECTIVELY IN THE FIRST HALF OF 1983.

THERE WERE 213 ASSIGNMENTS OF LOTS AND SECTIONS, 13.8 PER CENT LESS THAN IN THE SAME PERIOD LAST YEAR.

SEARCHES IN THE LAND OFFICE BY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WERE 348 148, UP BY 8.8 PER CENT.

"THE TOTAL .............