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SUNDAY, APRIL 17, 1988

IN TERMS OF TONNAGE, AIRBORNE TRADE CONTINUED ΤΟ CONSTITUTE ABOUT 1 PER CENT OF THE TOTAL TRADE IN 1987.

SUBSTANTIAL INCREASES IN AIRBORNE TRADE WERE REGISTERED FOR IMPORTS FROM THE UNITED STATES (BY $3,827 MILLION OR 37 PER CENT) DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO THE UNITED STATES (BY $3,550 MILLION OR 16 PER CENT) AND RE-EXPORTS TO TAIWAN (BY $1,955 MILLION OR 63 PER CENT).

ANALYSED BY COMMODITY CATEGORIES, AIRBORNE IMPORTS OF ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF INCREASED BY $5,944 MILLION OR 45 PER CENT; WHILE DOMESTIC EXPORTS BY AIR OF CLOTHING INCREASED BY $4,227 MILLION OR 23 PER CENT.

AIRBORNE RE-EXPORTS OF ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF GREW BY $3,243 MILLION OR 56 PER CENT.

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AS REGARDS SEABORNÉ TRADE, WHICH ACCOUNTED FOR 55 PER CENT IN VALUE OF TOTAL MERCHANDISE TRADE IN

1987, AN INCREASE OF $104,299 MILLION OR 34 PER CENT WAS RECORDED.

IN TERMS OF TONNAGE, 89 PER CENT OF TOTAL TRADE WAS CARRIED BY SEA IN 1987 AS COMPARED WITH THE SHARE OF 91 PER CENT IN 1986.

SIGNIFICANT INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN SEABORNE IMPORTS FROM JAPAN (BY $12,046 MILLION OR 28 PER CENT) AS WELL A9 IN SEABORNE DOMESTIC EXPORTS AND SEABORNE RE-EXPORTS TO THE UNITED STATES (BY $5,021 MILLION OR 12 PER CENT AND BY $8,345 MILLION OR 50 PER CENT

RESPECTIVELY).

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ANALYSED BY COMMODITY CATEGORIES THE VALUE IMPORTS OF TEXTILE YARN, FABRICS, MADE-UP ARTICLES PRODUCTS INCREASED BY $8,230 MILLION OR 29 PER CENT DOMESTIC EXPORTS OF CLOTHING INCREASED BY $8,419 MILLION CENT.

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SEABORNE

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AND SEABORNE OR 26 PER

AN INCREASE IN SEABORNE RE-EXPORTS WAS RECORDED IN MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURED ARTICLES, MAINLY BABY CARRIAGES, TOYS, GAMES AND SPORTING GOODS (BY $6,465 MILLION OR 81 PER CENT).

THE REVIEW ALSO PRESENTS UNIT VALUR INDEXES AND QUANTUM INDEXES WHICH ARE USEFUL IN ASSESSING THE PRICE AND VOLUME MOVEMENTS OF EXTERNAL TRADE.

DURING 1987, IN TERMS OF VOLUME, IMPORTS INCREASED BY 32 PER CENT, DOMESTIC EXPORTS ROSE BY 23 PER CENT, WHILE RE-EXPORTS INCREASED BY 46 PER CENT AS COMPARED WITH 1986.

SUBSTANTIAL INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN THE DOMESTIC EXPORT VOLUMES OF METAL ORES AND SCRAP (BY 54 PER CENT); TEXTILE FABRICS (BY 43 PER CENT); TEXTILE YARN AND THREAD (BY 28 PER CENT) AS WELL AS METAL MANUFACTURES (BY 27 PER CENT).

/SIGNIFICANT INCREASES