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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1984

SEPTEMBER EXTERNAL TRADE STATISTICS RELEASED

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TOTAL MERCHANDISE TRADE FOR JANUARY - SEPTEMBER 1984, VALUED AT $323 543 MILLION, INCREASED BY 39 PER CENT OVER THE SAME PERIOD IN 1983, ACCORDING TO TRADE STATISTICS RELEASED TODAY (SATURDAY) BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.

ON THE SAME BASIS OF COMPARISON, DOMESTIC EXPORTS ROSE BY 40 PER CENT TO $101 889 MILLION, IMPORTS BY 34 PER CENT TO $163 072 MILLION AND RE-EXPORTS BY 52 PER CENT TO $58 582 MILLION. DOMESTIC EXPORTS AND RE-EXPORTS TOGETHER SHOWED AN INCREASE OF 44 PER CENT.

THE CHANGES IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO THE 10 MAJOR OVERSEAS MARKETS ARE SHOWN IN TABLE 1.

COMPARISON OF THE FIRST NINE MONTHS OF 1984 WITH THE SAME PERIOD LAST YEAR SHOWS THAT DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO THE U.S.A. ROSE BY 52 PER CENT IN VALUE.

SUBSTANTIAL INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN CLOTHING (BY $6 380 MILLION OR 56 PER CENT), PLASTIC TOYS AND DOLLS (BY $1 720 MILLION OR 77 PER CENT) AND ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES, AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF (BY $1 621 MILLION OR 53 PER CENT). ON THE OTHER HAND, DECREASES WERE RECORDED IN TRANSISTORS AND DIODES (BY $26 MILLION OR 30 PER CENT) AND METALLIFEROUS ORES AND METAL SCRAP (BY $7 MILLION OR 65 PER CENT).

INCREASES IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO THE UNITED KINGDOM WERE REGISTERED FOR CLOTHING (BY $819 MILLION OR 35 PER CENT), OFFICE MACHINES AND AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT (BY $535 MILLION OR 332 PER CENT), AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $150 MILLION OR 55 PER CENT). ON THE OTHER HAND, DECREASES WERE RECORDED IN METALLIFEROUS ORES AND METAL SCRAP (BY $367 MILLION OR 58 PER CENT) AND MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS AND PARTS AND ACCESSORIES THEREOF (BY $5 MILLION OR 20 PER CENT).

MOST COMMODITIES EXPORTED TO CHINA INCREASED IN VALUE, INCLUDING TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $776 MILLION OR 158 PER CENT), TEXTILES (BY $413 MILLION OR 37 PER CENT) AND ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES, AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF (BY $258 MILLION OR 134 PER CENT). HOWEVER, DECREASES WERE REGISTERED FOR FEEDING STUFF FOR ANIMALS (BY $82 MILLION OR 58 PER CENT), AND WATCHES AND CLOCKS (BY $9 MILLION OR 4 PER CENT).

SIGNIFICANT INCREASES WERE REGISTERED IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY OF CLOTHING (BY $911 MILLION OR 28 PER CENT) AND OFFICE MACHINES AND AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT (BY $224 MILLION OR 144 PER CENT), AND IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO JAPAN OF CLOTHING (BY $635 MILLION OR 71 PER CENT).

THE CHANGES