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Overseas Trade Indexes (Prices): March 2008 quarter (provisional)


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Highlights


 

  • The merchandise terms of trade rose 4.1 percent.


  • Merchandise exports rose 4.5 percent and imports rose 0.3 percent.


  • The services terms of trade rose 2.2 percent. 


  • Services export prices rose 1.4 percent and import prices fell 0.8 percent.
   



Dallas Welch (Mrs)
Acting Government Statistician
11 June 2008
ISSN 1178-0339


There is a companion Media Release published – Overseas Trade Indexes (Prices): March 2008 quarter (provisional).

 



  Overseas Trade Indexes (Prices): March 2008 quarter (provisional) (pdf)



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