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SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1984'

THE FOLLOWING TABLE PRESENTS THE PROVISIONAL MERCHANDISE TRADE FIGURES FOR OCTOBER 1984:-

MERCHANDISE:

DOMESTIC EXPORTS

RE-EXPORTS

: $12 473 MILLION

: $ 7 896 MILLION

TOTAL EXPORTS

IMPORTS

: $20 369 MILLION

: $19 628 MILLION

741 MILLION (IN SURPLUS)

$ :

COMPARATIVE FIGURES

TRADE BALANCE

וי

LATEST 3 MONTHS

AUG-OCT

1984

AUG-OCT

1983

INCREASE OR DECREASE

$ MN.

$ MN.

$ MN.

%

DOMESTIC EXPORTS

38 627

30 077

+ 8 550

+ 28.4

RE-EXPORTS

22 208

15 639

+ 6 569

+ 42.0

TOTAL EXPORTS

60 835

45 716

+15 119

+ 33.1

IMPORTS

57 339

48 228

+ 9 111

+ 18.9

TRADE BALANCE

+ 3 496

- 2 512

+ 6 008

SAME MONTH LAST YEAR

OCTOBER

1984

OCTOBER

1983

$ MN.

MN.

INCREASE OR

DECREASE

$ MN.

9%

DOMESTIC EXPORTS

(% OF TOTAL EXPORTS)

12 473 (61.2%)

10 478 (64.7%)

+ 1 995

+ 19.0

RE-EXPORTS

7 896

TOTAL EXPORTS

20 369

IMPORTS

19 628

5 715

16 193

17 618

+ 2 181

+ 38.2..

+ 4 176

+

25.8

+ 2 010

11.4

TRADE BALANCE

+

741

- 1 425

+ 2 166

/LAST MONTH