FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1986
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EXTERNAL TRADE STATISTICS FOR JULY RELEASED
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TOTAL MERCHANDISE TRADE IN JANUARY TO JULY 1986, VALUED AT $290 734 MILLION, INCREASED BY 10 PER CENT COMPARED WITH THE SAME PERIOD LAST YEAR, ACCORDING TO STATISTICS RELEASED BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.
ON THE SAME BASIS OF COMPARISON, DOMESTIC EXPORTS INCREASED BY 11 PER CENT TO $79 644 MILLION WHILE RE-EXPORTS INCREASED BY 3 PER CENT TO $63 596 MILLION, SO THAT FOR TOTAL EXPORTS, THE TRADE VALUE INCREASED BY 7 PER CENT. IMPORTS INCREASED BY 12 PER CENT TO $147 494 MILLION.
TRADE STATISTICS PRESENTED HERE ARE MEASURED AT CURRENT PRICES AND NO ACCOUNT HAS BEEN TAKEN OF THE CHANGES IN PRICES BETWEEN THE PERIODS OF COMPARISON. A SEPARATE ANALYSIS OF THE PRICE AND VOLUME MOVEMENTS OF EXTERNAL TRADE FOR JANUARY TO JULY 1986 WILL BE RELEASED IN EARLY OCTOBER.
THE CHANGES IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO THE TEN MAJOR MARKETS ARE SHOWN IN TABLE 1 WHICH TOGETHER WITH OTHER STATISTICAL TABLES WILL BE SENT BY FACSIMILE NETWORK AND ALSO BOXED FOR COLLECTION.
COMPARING THE FIRST SEVEN MONTHS OF 1986 WITH THE SAME PERIOD LAST YEAR, THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO THE U.S. INCREASED BY 8 PER CENT, ANALYSED BY COMMODITY, INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN CLOTHING (BY $964 MILLION OR 7 PER CENT) J MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURED ARTICLES, INCLUDING MAINLY MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS AND PARTS AND ACCESSORIES THEREOF (BY $590 MILLION OR 11 PER CENT) AS WELL AS TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $316 MILLION OR 16 PER CENT).
ON THE OTHER HAND, DECREASES WERE RECORDED IN ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF (BY $196 MILLION OR 6 PER CENT) AS WELL AS TRAVEL GOODS, HANDBAGS AND SIMILAR CONTAINERS (BY $74 MILLION OR 18 PER CENT).
ON THE SAME BASIS OF COMPARISON, DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO CHINA DECREASED BY 3 PER CENT IN VALUE, DECREASES WERE RECORDED IN MOST COMMODITIES, NAMELY OFFICE MACHINES AND AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT (BY $849 MILLION OR 89 PER CENT); TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $472 MILLION OR 29 PER CENT) AS WELL AS ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF (BY $194 MILLION OR 28 PER CENT).
HOWEVER, INCREASES WERE REGISTERED FOR TEXTILES
(BY $601 MILLION OR 55 PER CENT) AND MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURED ARTICLES, INCLUDING MAINLY BABY CARRIAGES, TOYS, GAMES AND SPORTING GOODS (BY $143 MILLION OR 12 PER CENT).
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