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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1984

TRADE FIGURES FOR SEPTEMBER, 1984

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

MERCHANDISE:

DOMESTIC EXPORTS

: $12 414 MILLION

RE-EXPORTS

: $ 7 142 MILLION

TOTAL EXPORTS

: 319 556 MILLION

IMPORTS

: $18 587 MILLION

TRADE BALANCE

: $ 969 MILLION (IN SURPLUS)

COMPARATIVE FIGURES

LATEST 3

JULY-SEPTEMBER 1984

JULY-SEPTEMBER

1983

INCREASE OR

DECREASE

MONTHS

$ MN.

$ MN.

$ MN.

K

DOMESTIC

39 248

29 475

+ 9 773

+ 33.2

EXPORTS

RE-EXPORTS

21 350

14 640

+ 6 710

TOTAL EXPORTS

60 598

44 115

+16 483

+ 45.8

+ 37.4

IMPORTS

57 517

45 795

+11 722

+

25.0

TRADE BALANCE

3 081

- 1 680

+4 761

SAME MONTH

SEPTEMBER

1984

SEPTEMBER

1983

LAST YEAR

$ MN.

$ MN.

DEMESTIC

EXPORTS

12 414 (63.5%)

9 665 (65.6%)

INCREASE OF

DECREASE

$ MN.

+ 2 749

(% OF TOTAL

EXPORTS)

RE-EXPORTS

7 142

5 068

+ 2 07-

TOTAL EXPORTS

19 556

14 733

+ 4 923

+ 32.7

-IMPORTS

18 587

15 494

+ 3 093

+ 2.)

TRADE BALANCE

969

761

+

1730

/LAST MONTH