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BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN (Xinhua): Brunei recorded 1,352.6 million Brunei dollars (US$1,009.5mil) total trade for January 2021, down 25.1 per cent year-on-year.
The latest International Merchandise Trade Statistics released Wednesday (April 7) by the Department of Economic Planning and Statistics at the Ministry of Finance and Economy showed that Brunei s exports droped 45.7 per cent year-on-year to 649.9 million Brunei dollars, which was mainly due to the decline in mineral fuel exports to 542.2 million Brunei dollars from 1,047.4 million Brunei dollars in January 2020.
Imports increased 15.4 per cent to 702.7 million Brunei dollars compared to 608.8 million Brunei dollars in January 2020.
Mineral fuels recorded the highest contribution of total exports (83.4 per cent) with a value of 542.2 million Brunei dollars.
2021-04-07 15:06:19 GMT2021-04-07 23:06:19(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, April 7 (Xinhua) Brunei recorded 1,352.6 million Brunei dollars (1,009.5 million U.S. dollars) total trade for January 2021, down 25.1 percent year-on-year.
The latest International Merchandise Trade Statistics released Wednesday by the Department of Economic Planning and Statistics at the Ministry of Finance and Economy showed that Brunei s exports droped 45.7 percent year-on-year to 649.9 million Brunei dollars, which was mainly due to the decline in mineral fuel exports to 542.2 million Brunei dollars from 1,047.4 million Brunei dollars in January 2020.
Imports increased 15.4 percent to 702.7 million Brunei dollars compared to 608.8 million Brunei dollars in January 2020.
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March 16, 2021
The performance of the Retail Sales Index (RSI) in Brunei Darussalam continued to show an increase of 21.3 per cent year-on-year in the fourth quarter (Q4) 2020, with an estimated retail sales value of BND455.6 million, the Department of Economic Planning and Statistics (JPES) stated in a release.
As for the food and beverages services index (F&BSI), it has also increased by 11.5 per cent compared to Q4 2019 with an estimated sales revenue of BND96.2 million.
For retail sales, all retail activities have shown an increase in sales driven mainly by the sales of computer and telecommunication equipment which increased by 83.4 per cent followed by the sales of electrical household appliances and lighting eequipment in specialised stores by 53.0 per cent; sales of hardware, paints and glass in specialised stores (23.1 per cent); sales in department stores (17.3 per cent); and sales in supermarkets (14.5 per cent).