Over the past three months, 17 of the 23 export categories showed a positive annualised change in dollar terms. Measured on a year-on-year basis, 6 were up. The three best performing export categories (constituting more than 1% of total exports), measured in US dollars and at a 3m/3m annualised rate, were: Mineral products (80.9%); Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; waste & scrap of paper or paperboard; paper & paperboard of paper or paperboard; paper & paperboard & articles thereof (80.4%); Base metals & articles of base metal (67.2%).
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