THURSDAY, APRIL 18,
1991
MERCHANDISE TRADE BY AIR IN 1990
THE VALUE
OF
TOTAL MERCHANDISE TRADE BY AIR WAS $259,864 MILLION IN 1990, 11% HIGHER THAN THAT IN 1989, ACCORDING ΤΟ THE SUMMARY STATISTICS ON AIRBORNE MERCHANDISE TRADE IN 1990 RELEASED THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT TODAY (THURSDAY).
BY
IN 1990, THE VALUE OF AIRBORNE DOMESTIC EXPORTS, IMPORTS AND RE-EXPORTS INCREASED BY 2%, 13% AND 18% RESPECTIVELY OVER 1989. THEIR SHARES IN THE TOTAL VALUES OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS, IMPORTS AND RE-EXPORTS WERE 30%, 20% AND 16% RESPECTIVELY.
IN TERMS OR WEIGHT, AIRBORNE IMPORTS AMOUNTED ΤΟ 352,887 TONNES, WHILE TOTAL AIRBORNE EXPORTS (INCLUDING DOMESTIC EXPORTS AND RE-EXPORTS} AMOUNTED ΤΟ 149,052 TONNES, WHICH WERE 15%- AND 6% RESPECTIVELY HIGHER THAN THOSE IN 1989.
AIRBORNE DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO THE 10 MAJOR MARKETS ARE SHOWN
IN
TABLE 1.
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OMPARING
1990
TO
WITH 1989, AIRBORNE DOMESTIC EXPORTS SINGAPORE, TAIWAN AND THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY INCREASED SUBSTANTIALLY BY 53%, 22% AND 16% RESPECTIVELY IN VALUE.
THE
HOWEVER, THE VALUE OF AIRBORNE DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO CANADA, UNITED KINGDOM, THE USA AND JAPAN DECREASED BY 16%, 7%, 6% AND 6%
RESPECTIVELY.
AIRBORNE DOMESTIC EXPORTS OF THE MAJOR COMMODITY DIVISIONS ARE SHOWN IN TABLE 2.
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ANALYSED BY COMMODITY, SIGNIFICANT INCREASES IN THE VALUE OF AIRBORNE DOMESTIC EXPORTS WERE RECORDED IN OFFICE MACHINES AND AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT (BY $1,299 MILLION OR 16%); PHOTOGRAPHIC APPARATUS, EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES AND OPTICAL GOODS, AND WATCHES AND CLOCKS (BY $1 134 MILLION OR 8%); ELECTRICAL MACHINERY APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES, AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF (BY $748 MILLION OR 11%); AND MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURED ARTICLES, INCLUDING MAINLY JEWELLERY GOLDSMITHS AND SILVERSMUTÍS' WARES,
AND OTHER ARTICLES OF PRECIOUS OR SEMI-PRECIOUS MATERIALS (BY $162 MILLION OR 2%).
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(BY
HOWEVER, DECREASES WERE RECORDED IN CLOTHING (BY $1,720 MILLION OR
7%); FISH, CRUSTACEANS AND MOLLUSCS, AND PREPARATIONS THEREOF $92 MILLION OR 21%); AND FOOTWEAR (BY $44 MELLTON OR 28%).
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