TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1990
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MERCHANDISE TRADE BY AIR IN THE FIRST HALF OF 1990
THE VALUE OF TOTAL MERCHANDISE TRADE BY AIR WAS $118,230 MILLION IN THE FIRST HALF OF 1990, 6 PER CENT HIGHER THAN THAT IN THE SAME PERIOD IN 1989. ACCORDING TO THE SUMMARY STATISTICS ON AIRBORNE MERCHANDISE TRADE IN THE FIRST HALF OF 1990 RELEASED BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT TODAY (TUESDAY).
IN THE FIRST HALF OF 1990, THE VALUE OF AIRBORNE DOMESTIC EXPORTS DECREASED BY 1 PER CENT, WHILE THAT OF IMPORTS AND RE-EXPORTS INCREASED BY 6 PER CENT AND 17 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY OVER THE SAME PERIOD IN 1989.
THEIR SHARES IN TOTAL DOMESTIC EXPORTS, IMPORTS AND RE-EXPORTS WERE 29 PER CENT, 20 PER CENT AND 17 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY.
THE CORRESPONDING SHARES IN THE FIRST HALF OF 1989 WERE 29 PER CENT, 20 PER CENT AND 16 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY. IN TERMS OF WEIGHT, AIRBORNE IMPORTS AMOUNTED TO 177,220 TONNES, WHILE TOTAL AIRBORNE EXPORTS (INCLUDING DOMESTIC EXPORTS AND RE-EXPORTS) AMOUNTED TO 188,668 TONNES, WHICH WERE 16 PER CENT AND 1 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY HIGHER THAN THOSE IN THE FIRST HALF OF 1989.
AIRBORNE DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO THE 10 MAJOR MARKETS ARE SHOWN IN
TABLE 1.
DECREASES WERE RECORDED IN THE VALUE OF AIRBORNE DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO MOST MAJOR MARKETS IN THE FIRST HALF OF 1990 OVER THE SAME PERIOD IN 1989.
AIRBORNE DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO THE UNITED KINGDOM, CANADA, THE U.S.A., JAPAN, THE NETHERLANDS AND SWITZERLAND DECREASED BY 20 PER CENT,
14 PER CENT, 7 PER CENT, 7 PER CENT, 6 PER CENT AND 5 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY IN VALUE TERMS.
HOWEVER, SUBSTANTIAL INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN THE VALUE OF AIRBORNE DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO TAIWAN AND SINGAPORE, BY 51 PER CENT AND 37 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY. THAT TO THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY HAD A MODERATE INCREASE OF 2 PER CENT.
AIRBORNE DOMESTIC EXPORTS OF THE MAJOR COMMODITY DIVISIONS ARE SHOWN IN TABLE 2.
ANALYSED BY COMMODITY, THE VALUE OF AIRBORNE DOMESTIC EXPORTS DECREASED SIGNIFICANTLY FOR CLOTHING (BY $1,079 MILLION OR 11 PER CENT). DECREASES WERE ALSO RECORDED IN MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURED ARTICLES, INCLUDING MAINLY JEWELLERY, GOLDSMITHS' AND SILVERSMITHS' WARES, AND OTHER ARTICLES OF PRECIOUS OR SEMI-PRECIOUS MATERIALS $105 MILLION OR 3 PER CENT); AND FISH, CRUSTACEANS AND MOLLUSCS, PREPARATION THEREOF (BY $81 MILLION OR 30 PER CENT).
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