Exports, too, have jumped, rising by 20 percent in the last year.

At the beginning of the Civil War, exports jumped from £.195,000 to £1,000,000 within a year.

Its exports jumped 15 percent last year, and it is one of the few car companies whose profits have been rising in a sluggish market.

The trade deficit narrowed sharply in October, to $7 billion, as exports jumped to a new record.

Exports jumped 1.6 percent, to $67.2 billion, after an even larger August surge that many specialists thought could not be maintained.

Exports last year jumped 23 percent while imports sank 5 percent.

Thailand's agricultural exports jumped almost 30 percent last year, to $6.67 billion, helping its economy grow 6.5 percent.

The decline in the dollar against many other currencies has helped exports jump in the last year.

Exports of costume jewelry jumped 26 percent last year, but the news was of little comfort to American producers.

Manufactured exports jumped $1.1 billion, to $14.8 billion, during September while imports of such goods fell $320 million, today's report showed.