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Domestic exports (in value terms)

1st half

1983

1st half 1982

Growth rate

($Mn)

($Mn)

(*)

All countries

43,160

37,827

14

USA

17,465

13,966

25

IK

3,469

3,180

9

FR Germany

3,302

3,075

7

China

2,497

1,819

37

Japan

1,590

1,360

17

Canada

1,512

1,134

33

Australia

Singapore

Rest of the world

1,086

1,304

-17

988

906

9

11,251

11,083

2

Domestic exports by main commodity group

2.9

Trade indexes available up to May indicate that domestic exports of textiles increased by nearly 20% and of

clothing by about 5% in real terms in the first half of this

year compared with the same period last year. Domestic

exports of products other than textiles and clothing also increased, by about 10% in real terms on average. Among the major product categories other than textiles and clothing, domestic exports of watches and clocks, electronic components,

and metal ores and scrap grew rapidly in real terms, but domestic exports of footwear, radios, travel goods and handbags declined.

Imports

2.10

The falling or zero growth rates of imports experienced throughout 1982 and in the first quarter of 1983

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