MONDAY, DECEMBER 11. 1989
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EXTERNAL TRADE STATISTICS FOR OCTOBER RELEASED
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TOTAL MERCHANDISE TRADE IN OCTOBER 1989, AT 9101,613 MILLION, GREW BY 10 PER CENT IN VALUE TERMS COMPARED WITH OCTOBER 1988, ACCORDING TO THE DETAILED FIGURES ON THE VALUE OF TRADE IN OCTOBER 1989 RELEASED TODAY (MONDAY) BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.
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DOMESTIC EXPORTS INCREASED BY 4 PER CENT TO $20,849 MILLION OCTOBER 1989. HOWEVER, RE-EXPORTS ROSE BY 20 PER CENT TO $31,
$31,985 MILLION, THUS BRINGING TOTAL EXPORTS IN OCTOBER 1989 TO $52,834 MILLION, WHICH REPRESENTED AN INCREASE OF 13 PER CENT OVER OCTOBER 1988.
OVER THE SAME PERIOD OF COMPARISON, IMPORTS INCREASED BY 7 PER CENT TO $48,779 MILLION.
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TOTAL MERCHANDISE TRADE IN JANUARY TO OCTOBER 1989. $940,543 MILLION, INCREASED BY 18 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 $184,776 MILLION, WHILE RE-EXPORTS INCREASED BY 31 PER CENT TO $286,773 MILLION.
THUS, THE VALUE OF TOTAL EXPORTS INCREASED BY 19 PER $471,549 MILLION. IMPORTS INCREASED BY 17 PER CENT 'TO MILLION.
CENT TO 8468,993
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COMPARING OCTOBER 1989 WITH OCTOBER 1988, 'THE VALUE DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO TAIWAN INCREASED SUBSTANTIALLY BY 58 PER CENT. DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO CHINA, CANADA, SINGAPORE, THE USA AND THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY ALSO INCREASED IN VALUE TERMS, BY 10 PER CENT, 8 PER CENT, 7 PER CENT. 6 PER CENT AND 3 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY,
HOWEVER, DECREASES WERE RECORDED FOR VALUE OF DOMESTIC TO THE UNITED KINGDOM AND THE NETHERLANDS BY 19 PER CENT AND CENT RESPECTIVELY.
ITALY AND THE
EXPORTS 13 PER
UNITED
IMPORTS FROM SINGAPORE, CHINA, TAIWAN, KINGDOM INCREASED BY 32 PER CENT, 24 PER CENT. 12 F'ER CENT, 6 PER CENT AND 5 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY IN VALUE TERMS IN OCTOBER 1989 OVER OCTOBER 1988. HOWEVER. THE VALUE OF IMPORTS FROM THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA, JAPAN AND THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY DECREASED BY 23 PER CENT, 11 PER CENT AND 3 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY.
RE-EXPORTS TO THE USA, CANADA, THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY, THE UNITED KINGDOM, AUSTRALIA AND SINGAPORE INCREASED SUBSTANTIALLY
IN VALUE TERMS IN OCTOBER 1989 OVER OCTOBER 1988, BY 54 PER
CENT, 47 PER CENT, 40 PER CENT, 26 PER CENT, 26 PER CENT AND 25 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY. HOWEVER, THE VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS TO CHINA 9 PER CENT.
DECREASED BY
/COMPARING JANUARY