XN000022-1984-12-28 — Page 3

NO

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1984

TRADE FIGURES FOR NOVEMBER 1984

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

MERCHANDISE:

DOMESTIC EXPORTS : $11 702 MILLION

COMPARATIVE FIGURES

RE-EXPORTS

: $ 8 008 MILLION

TOTAL EXPORTS

: $19 710 MILLION

IMPORTS

TRADE BALANCE

: $

: $19 747 MILLION

37 MILLION (IN DEFICIT)

LATEST 3 MONTHS

SEPT-NOV 1984

SEPT-NOV 1983

INCREASE OR

DECREASE

$ MN.

$ MN.

$MN.

36

DOMESTIC EXPORTS

36 588

30 505

6 083

+ 19.9

RE-EXPORTS

23 047

16 530

6 517

+ 39.4

TOTAL EXPORTS

59 635

47 035

+ 12 600

+ 26.8

IMPORTS

57 955

50 142

7 813 + 15.6

TRADE BALANCE

+ 1 680

SAME MONTH LAST YEAR

NOVEMBER 1984

$ MN.

$ MN.

- 3 107

NOVEMBER 1983

4 787

INCREASE OR

DECREASE

MN.

%

DOMESTIC EXPORTS

(% OF TOTAL EXPORTS)

11 702 (59.4%)

10 393 (64.4%)

1 309

+ 12.6

RE-EXPORTS

8 008

5 749

+

2 259

+ 39.3

TOTAL EXPORTS

19 710

16 142

3 568

+ 22.1

IMPORTS

19 747

17 036

2 711

+ 15.9

TRADE BALANCE

37

894

857

LAST MONTH