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FRIDAY, MAY 11, 1990
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MARCH EXTERNAL TRADE STATISTICS RELEASED
TOTAL MERCHANDISE TRADE IN MARCH 1990, AT $98,371 MILLION,
VALUE GREW BY 7 PER CENT IN
TERMS AS COMPARED WITH MARCH 1989, ACCORDING TO THE DETAILED FIGURES ON THE VALUE OF TRADE IN MARCH RELEASED TODAY (FRIDAY) BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.
1990
THAT OF
OVER THE SAME PERIOD OF COMPARISON, THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC TO $16,512
WHILE EXPORTS DECREASED BY 1 PER CENT
MILLION RE-EXPORTS ROSE BY 16 PER CENT TO $30,743 MILLION.
PER CENT
THE VALUE OF TOTAL EXPORTS INCREASED BY 10 PER CENT TO $47,255 MILLION. THE VALUE OF IMPORTS IN MARCH 1990 INCREASED BY 6 OVER MARCH 1989 TO $51,117 MILLION.
TRADE IN 4 PER
ON A QUARTERLY BASIS, THE VALUE OF TOTAL MERCHANDISE
BY INCREASED THE FIRST QUARTER OF 1990, AT $262,290 MILLION, CENT AS COMPARED WITH THE SAME QUARTER IN 1989.
OF OVER THE SAME PERIOD EXPORTS DECREASED BY 3 PER CENT TO RE-EXPORTS INCREASED BY 11 PER CENT TO $83,149 MILLION.
COMPARISON, THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC
$46,460
MILLION,
WHILE
THAT
OF
5 PER CENT TO BY 2 PER CENT TO
THUS, THE VALUE OF TOTAL EXPORTS INCREASED BY $129,609 MILLION. THE VALUE OF IMPORTS INCREASED $132,681 MILLION.
VALUE OF DOMESTIC THE CHANGES IN THE MARKETS ARE SHOWN IN TABLE 1.
EXPORTS TO 10 MAJOR
THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC COMPARING MARCH 1990 WITH MARCH 1989,
ΤΟ EXPORTS
THE UNITED
THE JAPAN,
AUSTRALIA, CANADA, KINGDOM,
15 PER NETHERLANDS AND THE USA DECREASED BY 19 PER CENT, 19 PER CENT, CENT, 11 PER CENT, 4 PER CENT AND 1 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY.
FOR THE VALUE OF HOWEVER, A SUBSTANTIAL GROWTH WAS RECORDED
AND 23 PER DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO TAIWAN AND SINGAPORE, BY 72 PER CENT CENT RESPECTIVELY.
THE VALUE OF
DOMESTIC EXPORTS
OF
CENT
AND
ΤΟ THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC GERMANY AND CHINA ALSO SHOWED A MODERATE INCREASE, BY 2 PER 1 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY.
COMPARING THE FIRST QUARTER OF 1990 WITH THE 1989, A SUBSTANTIAL GROWTH WAS RECORDED BY 60 EXPORTS TO TAIWAN AND SINGAPORE, RESPECTIVELY. DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO CHINA ALSO IN VALUE TERMS,
SAME QUARTER IN FOR THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC PER CENT AND 19 PER CENT PER CENT INCREASED BY 1
THE
REPUBLIC OF
GERMANY,
USA
HOWEVER, THOSE TO THE UNITED KINGDOM, CANADA, AUSTRALIA, JAPAN, FEDERAL
THE
AND THE NETHERLANDS DECREASED BY 22 PER CENT, 14 PER CENT, 12 PER CENT, 12 PER CENT, 6 PER CENT, 4 PER CENT AND 3 PER CENT IN VALUE TERMS RESPECTIVELY.
/TABLE 2