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MONDAY, MAY 8, 1989

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TABLE 3: INCREASES IN RE-EXPORTS BY END-USE CATEGORY

COMPARING FEBRUARY 1989 COMPARING JAN-FEB 1989

WITH FEBRUARY 1988

WITH JAN-FEB 1988

END-USE CATEGORY

UNIT

UNIT

VALUE

VALUE

VOLUME

VALUE

VALUE

VOLUME

%

%%

%

%

FOODSTUFFS

7

1

27

20

CONSUMER GOODS

41

35

40

4

35

RAW MATERIALS AND

SEMI-MANUFACTURES

33

8

24

37

27

FUELS

159

179

86

-7

100

CAPITAL GOODS

70

7

59

68

7

57

ALL COMMODITIES

41

33

42

34

RAINFALL ABOVE NORMAL IN APRIL

THE TOTAL RAINFALL IN APRIL WAS 201. 1

MILLIMETRES COMPARED

WITH THE NORMAL AMOUNT OF 139.4 MILLIMETRES, THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY SAID IN ITS MONTHLY WEATHER REPORT TODAY (MONDAY).

FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE DECEMBER LAST YEAR,

THE RAINFALL FOR

THE MONTH WAS ABOVE NORMAL.

THE ACCUMULATED

THE AMOUNT OF RAINFALL IN APRIL BRINGS RAINFALL FOR THE FIRST FOUR MONTHS OF THIS YEAR TO 275.5 MILLIMETRES WHICH IS FIVE PER CENT ABOVE THE NORMAL OF 263.0 MILLIMETRES.

THE MONTHLY AVERAGE ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE OF 1011.1 HPA IS THE THIRD LOWEST ON RECORD FOR APRIL.

WITH ONLY SEVEN DAYS IN THE MONTH WITHOUT RAIN, THE TOTAL DURATION OF BRIGHT SUNSHINE IN APRIL WAS ONLY 71.1 HOURS WHICH IS THE NINTH LOWEST ON RECORD FOR APRIL.

WEATHER ON APRIL 1 WAS GENERALLY CLOUDY WITH COASTAL POG. VISIBILITIES AT WAGLAN ISLAND WERE REDUCED TO 100 METRES AT TIMES. SOME LIGHT RAIN ALSO OCCURRED THAT EVENING. THESE DULL CONDITIONS CONTINUED INTO THE NEXT DAY.

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