SUNDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1986
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EXTERNAL TRADE STATISTICS FOR AUGUST RELEASED
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TOTAL MERCHANDISE TRADE IN JANUARY TO AUGUST 1986, VALUED AT $339 657 MILLION, INCREASED BY 11 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 12 PER CENT TO $94 442 MILLION WHILE RE-EXPORTS INCREASED BY 5 PER CENT TO $74 227 MILLION, SO THAT FOR TOTAL EXPORTS, THE TRADE VALUE INCREASED BY 9 PER CENT. IMPORTS INCREASED BY 13 PER CENT TO $170 988 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 AUGUST 1986 WILL BE RELEASED IN EARLY NOVEMBER.
COMPARING THE FIRST EIGHT 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 $1 234 MILLION OR 8 PER CENT); MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURED ARTICLES, INCLUDING MAINLY MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS AND PARTS AND ACCESSORIES THEREOF (BY $743 MILLION OR 11 PER CENT); AS WELL AS TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $446 MILLION OR 19 PER CENT).
ON THE OTHER HAND, DECREASES WERE RECORDED IN TRAVEL GOODS HANDBAGS AND SIMILAR CONTAINERS (BY $86 MILLION OR 18 PER CENT);
• AS WELL AS ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF (BY $85 MILLION OR 2 PER CENT).
ON THE SAME BASIS OF COMPARISON, DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO CHINA INCREASED BY 1 PER CENT IN VALUE. INCREASES WERE REGISTERED FOR TEXTILES (BY $742 MILLION OR 59 PER CENT) MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURED ARTICLES, INCLUDING MAINLY BABY CARRIAGES, TOYS, GAMES AND SPORTING GOODS (BY $207 MILLION OR 15 PER CENT) AS WELL AS CLOTHING (BY $133 MILLION OR 45 PER CENT).
HOWEVER, DECREASES WERE RECORDED IN OFFICE MACHINES AND AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT (BY $860 MILLION OR 87 PER CENT) AS WELL AS TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $403 MILLION OR 23 PER CENT).
DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY INCREASED SIGNIFICANTLY BY 35 PER CENT IN VALUE. INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN CLOTHING (BY $1 057 MILLION OR 37 PER CENT) OFFICE MACHINES AND AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT (BY $317 MILLION OR 207 PER CENT) AS WELL AS PHOTOGRAPHIC APPARATUS, EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES AND OPTICAL GOODS, WATCHES AND CLOCKS (BY $151 MILLION OR 35 PER CENT).
/HOWEVER, DECREASES