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TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1985

CALENDAR YEAR TO-DATE

JAN- OCT

1985

JAN - OCT

1984

INCREASE OR

DECREASE

$ MN.

$ MN.

$ MN.

93

DOMESTIC EXPORTS

106 107

(% OF TOTAL EXPORTS)

(54.9%)

114 362

(63.2%)

- 8 255

7.2

RE-EXPORTS

87 081

66 478

+20 603

+31.0

TOTAL EXPORTS

193 188

180 840

+12 348

+ 6.8

IMPORTS

188 923

182 693

+ 6 230

+ 3.4

TRADE BALANCE

+ 4 265

- 1 853

+ 6 118

LAST 12 MONTHS

NOV 1984 TO OCT 1985

NOV 1983 TO OCT 1984

INCREASE OR DECREASE

$ MN.

$ MN.

$MN.

of

DOMESTIC EXPORTS

129 681

135 676

- 5 995

- 4.4

RE-EXPORTS

104 108

78 441

+25 667

+32.7

TOTAL EXPORTS

233 789

214 117

+19 672

+ 9.2

IMPORTS

229 601

218 650

+10 951

+ 5.3

TRADE BALANCE

+ 4 188

4 533

+ 8 721

CONSUMER PRICE INDEXES FOR OCTOBER

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THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX (A) ROSE BY 3.3 PER CENT AND THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX (B) BY 3.5 PER CENT BETWEEN OCTOBER 1984 AND OCTOBER 1985, ACCORDING TO FIGURES PUBLISHED TODAY BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.

THE CPI(A) AND CPI(B) FOR OCTOBER 1985 WERE 161.1 AND 161.7 RESPECTIVELY. COMPARED WITH SEPTEMBER 1985 AND BEARING IN MIND THAT THIS COMPARISON MAY BE AFFECTED BY SEASONAL FACTORS, CPI(A) DECREASED BY 1.0 PER CENT AND CPI(B), BY 0.5 PER CENT.

THE AVERAGE CPI(A) AND AVERAGE CPI(B) FOR THE 12 MONTHS ENDED OCTOBER 1985, AT 159.1 AND 159.3 RESPECTIVELY, WERE 3.4 PER CENT AND 3.8 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY HIGHER THAN THE AVERAGES FOR THE 12 MONTHS ENDED OCTOBER 1984.

/DURING THE