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FRIDAY, APRIL 14, 1989
AIRBORNE RE-EXPORTS OF ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF GREW BY $5,119 MILLION OR 57 PER CENT.
AS REGARDS SEABORNE TRADE, WHICH ACCOUNTED FOR 53 PER CENT IN VALUE OF TOTAL MERCHANDISE TRADE IN 1988, AN INCREASE OF $116,466 MILLION OR 28 PER CENT WAS RECORDED.
IN TERMS OF TONNAGE, 89 PER CENT OF TOTAL TRADE WAS CARRIED SEA IN 1988.
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SIGNIFICANT INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN THE' VALUE OF SEABORNE IMPORTS FROM JAPAN (BY $14,453 MILLION OR 26 PER CENT), SEABORNE DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO THE UNITED KINGDOM (BY $1,611 MILLION OR 16 PER CENT) AND SEABORNE RE-EXPORTS TO THE U.S.A. (BY $14,646 MILLION OR 08 PER CENT),
ANALYSED BY COMMODITY, THE VALUE OF SEABORNE IMPORTS OF ARTIFICIAL RESINS AND PLASTIC MATERIALS AND CELLULOSE ESTERS AND ETHERS INCREASED BY $8,815 MILLION OR 84 PER CENT, AND SEABORNE DOMESTIC EXPORTS OF OFFICE MACHINES AND AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT INCREASED BY $2,066 MILLION OR 56 PER CENT.
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AN INCREASE IN SEABORNE RE-EXPORTS WAS RECORDED MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURED ARTICLES, INCLUDING MAINLY BABY CARRIAGES, TOYS, GAMES AND SPORTING GOODS (BY $9,152 MILLION OR 63 PER CENT).
THE REVIEW ALSO PRESENTS UNIT VALUE INDEXES AND QUANTUM INDEXES WHICH ARE USEFUL IN ASSESSING THE PRICE AND VOLUME MOVEMENTS OF EXTERNAL TRADE.
DURING 1988, IN TERMS OF VOLUME, IMPORTS INCREASED BY 27 PER CENT, DOMESTIC EXPORTS ROSE BY 9 PER CENT, WHILE RE-EXPORTS INCREASED BY 46 PER CENT AS COMPARED WITH 1987.
DOMESTIC EXPORT VOLUME OF A NUMBER OF PRINCIPAL COMMODITIES DECREASED IN 1988. COMMODITIES WITH MORE SIGNIFICANT DECREASES INCLUDED RADIOS OF ALL KINDS (-35 PER CENT), TRAVEL GOODS, HANDBAGS AND SIMILAR ARTICLES (-12 PER CENT).
HOWEVER, THESE DECREASES WERE MORE THAN OFFSET BY BUBSTANTIAL INCREASES RECORDED IN ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS (BY 44 PER CENT); WATCHES AND CLOCKS (BY 20 PER CENT); METAL MANUFACTUERS (BY 19 PER CENT) AND METAL ORES AND SCRAP (BY 18 PER CENT).
SIGNIFICANT INCREASES WERE ALSO RECORDED IN THE IMPORT OF CONSUMER GOODS (BY 32 PER CENT); CAPITAL GOODS (BY 29 PER AND RAW MATERIALS AND SEMI-MANUFACTURES (BY 25 PER CENT).
AS FOR THE VOLUME OF RE-EXPORTS, SUBSTANTIAL INCREASES REGISTERED FOR FUELS (BY 58 PER CENT); CAPITAL GOODS (BY 49 PER AND CONSUMER GOODS (BY 48 PER CENT).
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