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EXTERNAL TRADE STATISTICS FOR SEPTEMBER RELEASED
TOTAL MERCHANDISE TRADE IN SEPTEMBER 1989. AT $96,885 MILLION. GREW BY 7 PER CENT IN VALUE TERMS COMPARED WITH SEPTEMBER 1988. ACCORDING TO THE DETAILED FIGURES ON THE VALUE OF TRADE IN SEPTEMBER
1989 RELEASED TODAY (FRIDAY) BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.
DOMESTIC EXPORTS DECREASED BY 2 PER CENT TO $19,542 MILLION IN SEPTEMBER 1989. HOWEVER, RE-EXPORTS ROSE BY 16 PER CENT TO $30.435 MILLION. THUS BRINGING TOTAL EXPORTS IN SEPTEMBER 1989 TO $49,977 MILLION, WHICH REPRESENTED AN INCREASE OF 8 FER CENT OVER SEPTEMBER 1988. OVER THE SAME PERIOD OF COMPARISON, IMPORTS INCREASED BY 5 PER CENT TO $16.908 MILLION,
TOTAL MERCHANDISE
TRADE IN JANUARY ΤΟ SEPTEMBER
1989. AT $838,946 MILLION. INCREASED BY 19 PER CENT COMPARED WITH THE SAME PERIOD IN 1988. OVER THE SAME PERIOD OF COMPARISON, THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS INCREASED BY 5 PER CENT TO $163. 928 MILLION, WHILE RE-EXPORT INCREASED BY 32 PER CENT ΤΟ $254,788 MILLION. THUS. THE VALUE OF TOTAL EXPORTS INCREASED BY 20 PER CENT TO $418,716 MILLION.
IMPORTS INCREASED BY 19 PER CENT TO $420,230 MILLION.
COMPARING SEPTEMBER 1989 WITH SEPTEMBER 1988, THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO THE NETHERLANDS. THE UNITED KINGDOM, AUSTRALIA, THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY AND CHINA DECREASED BY 18 PER CENT, 17 PER CENT. 8 PER CENT. 7 PER CENT AND 2 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY. HOWEVER, INCREASES WERE RECORDED FOR VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO TAIWAN, JAPAN AND SINGAPORE BY 38 PER CENT, 9 PER CENT AND 7 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY. DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO THE USA. THE LARGEST MARKET, SHOWED NO CHANGE.
IMPORTS FROM CHINA, THE USA AND TAIWAN INCREASED BY 23 PER CENT. 21 PER CENT AND 6 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY IN VALUT TERMS IN SEPTEMBER 1989 OVER SEPTEMBER 1988. HOWEVER. THE VALUE OF IMPORTS FROM THI REPUBLIC OF KOREA. THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY, SINGAPORE, JAPAN AND THE UNITED KINGDOM DECREASED BY 21 PER CENT. 17 PER CENT, 12 PER CENT. 10 PER CENT AND 8 PER CENT RESPECITVELY.
RE-EXPORTS TO THE USA, THE UNITED KINGDOM, CANADA, THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC от GERMANY. SINGAPORE, JAPAN AND AUSTRALIA INCREASED SUBSTANTIALLY IN VALUR TERMS IN SEPTEMBER 1989 OVER THE SAME MONTH IN 1988. BY 49 PER CENT. 46 PER CENT. 45 PER CENT. 33 PER CENT, 28 PER CENT. 22 PER CENT AND 17 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY. HOWEVER. THE VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS TO CHINA AND THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA DECREASED BY 12 PER CENT AND 2 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY.
COMPARING JANUARY TO SEPTEMBER 1989 WITH THE SAME FERIOD IN 1988. THE MARKETS WITH SIGNIFICANT GROWTH IN THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS INCLUDED TAIWAN (+22 PER CENT), JAPAN (+21 PER CENT), CHINA (+19 PER CENT) AND SINGAPORE (+15 PER CENT).
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