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Reference

No. of

Relevant

Table

Base

Monthly Average

1948

INDICES ON BASE

Monthly Average

1949

December

1949

(iii) Soy

Monthly average, 1947 excess of exports ($78,738) over imports 100

$257,611

327.2

$269,127

341.8

$391,190

496.8

*(iv) Boots & Shoes

(Canvas &

Rubber)

*(v) Electric

Monthly Average, 1947 excess of exports ($826,262) over imports 100

$1,033,796

125.1

$1,284,501

155.4

$1,453,945

175.9

Torches &

Monthly Average, 1947 excess of exports

Flashlight

Batteries

($1,447,848) over imports 100

$1,721,549

118.9

$3,419,088

236.1

$3,153,842

217.8

* (vi) Rattan

Monthly Average, 1947

Furniture

excess of exports

($157,709) over imports 100

$177,857

112.8

$341,386

216.4

$556,061

352.5

* (vii) Rope

Monthly Average, 1947

excess of exports

($82,242) over imports 100

$96,193

117.0

$115,478

140.4

$5,765

7.0

*(viii) Trunks

and

Suitcases

Monthly Average, 1947

excess of exports ($266,258) over imports 100

$302,691

105.2

$333,078

125.0

$402,670

151.2

* (ix) Lamps

and

Lamp-

Monthly Average, 1947 excess of exports ($363,060) over imports

$247,888

ware

100

68.2

$251,084

69.1

$135,484

37.3

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* Note:

These indices are not indices of production, but simply of the excess of exports over imports.