WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1991
MERCHANDISE TRADE BY AIR IN THE FIRST HALF OF 1991
THE VALUE OF TOTAL MERCHANDISE TRADE BY AIR WAS $131,830 MILLION IN THE FIRST HALF OF 1991, 12% HIGHER THAN THAT IN THE 9AMB PERIOD IN 1990, ACCORDING TO THE SUMMARY STATISTICS ON AIRBORNE MERCHANDISE TRADE IN THE FIRST HALF OF 1991 RELEASE BY THE CENSUS STATISTICS DEPARTMENT TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
AND
IN THE FIRST HALF OF 1991, THE VALUE OF AIRBORNE DOMESTIC EXPORTS, IMPORTS AND RR-EXPORTS INCREASED BY 8% 14% AND 9% RESPECTIVELY OVER THE SAME PERIOD IN 1990. THEIR SHARES IN THE TOTAL VALUES
AND OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS, IMPORTS AND RE-EXPORTS WERE 30%, 19% 14% RESPECTIVELY.
IN TERMS OF WEIGHT, AIRBORNE IMPORTS AMOUNTED TO 181,201 TONNES, WHILE TOTAL AIRBORNE EXPORTS (INCLUDING DOMESTIC EXPORTS AND RE-EXPORTS } AMOUNTED TO 203,
203,484 TONNES, WHICH WERE 2x AND 8% RESPECTIVELY HIGHER THAN THOSE IN THE FIRST HALF OF 1990.
TABLE 1.
AIRBORNE DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO THE 10 MAJOR MARKETS ARE SHOWN IN
COMPARING THE FIRST HALF OF 1991 WITH THE SAME PERIOD IN 1990; AIRBORNE DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO SINGAPORE, THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY AND THE NETHERLANDS INCREASED SUBSTANTIALLY BY 53%, 35% AND 22% RESPECTIVELY IN VALUE.
HOWEVER, THE VALUE OF AIRBORNE DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO CANADA, USA AND SWITZERLAND DECREASED BY 9%, 5% AND 5% RESPECTIVELY.
THE
AIRBORNE DOMESTIC EXPORTS OF THE MAJOR COMMODITY DIVISIONS ARE SHOWN IN TABLE 2.
ANALYSED BY COMMODITY, SIGNIFICANT INCREASES IN THE VALUE OF AIRBORNE DOMESTIC EXPORTS WERE RECORDED IN CLOTHING (BY $936 MILLION OR 11%); OFFICE MACHINES AND AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT (BY $859 MILLION OR 20%); ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES, AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF (BY $846 MILLION OR 24%); AND PHOTOGRAPHIC APPARATUS, EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES WATCHES AND CLOCKS (BY $132 MILLION OR 2%).
AND OPTICAL GOODS
AND
OF
HOWEVER, DECREASES WERE RECORDED IN TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $275 MILLION OR 22%); MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURED ARTICLES, INCLUDING MAINLY JEWELLERY, GOLDSMITHS' AND SILVERSMITHS' WARES, AND OTHER ARTICLES PRECIOUS OR SEMI-PRECIOUS MATERIALS (BY $143 MILLION OR 5%); GENERAL INDUSTRIAL MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT, AND MACHINE PARTS (BY MILLION OR 30%).
AND
931
/DETAILED FIGURES