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الحميمة

3. 1985

LAST 12 MONTHS

FEBRUARY 1984

TO JANUARY 1985

FEBRUARY 1983

TO JANUARY 1984

INCREASE OR

DECREASE

$ MN.

$ MN.

$ MN.

*

DOMESTIC EXPORTS

138 311

108 757

+29 554

+27.2

RE-EXPORTS

86 487

58 552

+27 935 +47.7

TOTAL EXPORTS

224 798

167 309

+57 489

+34.4

IMPORTS

226 590

179 804

+46 786

+26. J

TRADE BALANCE

-1 792

-12 495

+10 703

OF

1984 EXPORTS STATISTICS BY INDUSTRIAL ORIGIN RELEASED

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THE SIX MOST IMPORTANT INDUSTRY GROUPS IN TERMS OF THE VALUE 1984 DOMESTIC EXPORTS WERE -- ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS, WEARING APPAREL, TEXTILES, PLASTIC PRODUCTS, PROFESSIONAL AND OPTICAL EQUIPMENT, AND METAL PRODUCTS.

TOGETHER, THEY ACCOUNTED FOR 87 PER CENT OF THE TOTAL VALUE

OF MERCHANDISE DOMESTIC EXPORTS.

THE INDUSTRIES ALSO RECORDED THE LARGEST INCREASES IN ABSOLUTE VALUE OVER 1983: ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS ROSE BY

$8 493 MILLION, WEARING APPAREL BY $7 684 MILLION, TEXTILES BY $6 471 MILLION, PLASTIC PRODUCTS BY $4 402 MILLION, PROFESSIONAL AND OPTICAL EQUIPMENT BY $1 057 MILLION, AND METAL PRODUCTS BY $933 MILLION.

IN RELATIVE TERMS, INDUSTRIES WITH THE LARGEST PERCENTAGE INCREASES OVER 1983 WERE PRODUCTS OF PETROLEUM AND COAL (+806%); MINING AND QUARRYING (+177 %); ELECTRICITY (+95%); MACHINERY, EXCEPT ELECTRICAL (+73%); NON-METALLIC MINERAL PRODUCTS (+72%); AND TOBACCO (+69%).

ON THE OTHER HAND, SIGNIFICANT DECREASES IN THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS FROM 1983 WERE RECORDED FOR TRANSPORT EQUIPMENT (-$278 MILLION OR -65%), AGRICULTURAL, LIVESTOCK AND POULTRY PRODUCTION (-$5 MILLION OR -31%), AND LEATHER AND LEATHER PRODUCTS (-$101 MILLION OR -17%).

THE ABOVE