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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1988

THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO THE UNITED KINGDOM, SINGAPORE AND JAPAN ALSO INCREASED, BY 28 PER CENT, 28 PER CENT AND 25 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY.

HOWEVER, DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY AND THE U.S.A. DECREASED BY 3 PER CENT AND 1 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY IN VALUE TERMS.

IMPORTS FROM ALL MAJOR SUPPLIERS INCREASED IN VALUE TERMS IN SEPTEMBER 1988 OVER SEPTEMBER 1987, PARTICULARLY THOSE FROM THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA (+81 PER CENT), SINGAPORE (+62 PER CENT), THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY (+51 PER CENT) AND ITALY (+48 PER CENT).

THE VALUE OF IMPORTS FROM JAPAN, CHINA, TAIWAN, THE UNITED KINGDOM AND THE U.S.A. ALSO WENT UP BY 37 PER CENT, 36 PER CENT, 35 PER CENT, 30 PER CENT, AND 14 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY,

RE-EXPORTS TO JAPAN, CHINA, AUSTRALIA, THE U.S.A. AND THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY INCREASED SUBSTANTIALLY IN VALUE TERMS OVER THE SAME PERIOD OF COMPARISON, BY 89 PER CENT, 75 PER CENT, 64 PER CENT, 58 PER CENT AND 50 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY.

THE VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS TO TAIWAN, THE UNITED KINGDOM REPUBLIC OF KOREA ALSO INCREASED, BY 44 PER CENT, 40 PER 39 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY.

TOTAL MERCHANDISE TRADE IN JANUARY ΤΟ SEPTEMBER $703,924 MILLION, INCREASED BY 30 PER CENT AS COMPARED WITH PERIOD IN 1987.

AND THE CENT AND

1988, AT THE

SAME

DURING THE SAME PERIOD OF COMPARISON, THE VALUE OF EXPORTS INCREASED BY 11 PER CENT ΤΟ $156,373 MILLION, RE-EXPORTS INCREASED BY 49 PER CENT TO $192,948 MILLION.

DOMESTIC WHILE

THUS, THE VALUE OF TOTAL EXPORTS INCREASED BY 29 PER CENT ΤΟ $349,321 MILLION. IMPORTS INCREASED BY 31 PER CENT то $354,603 MILLION.

1987.

COMPARING JANUARY TO SEPTEMBER 1988 WITH THE SAME PERIOD IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO MOST MAJOR MARKETS INCREASED IN VALUE TERMS.

THE MARKETS WITH MORE SIGNIFICANT GROWTH IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS INCLUDED SINGAPORE (+37 PER CENT), CHINA (+36 PER CENT), THE NERTHERLANDS (+24 PER CENT), THE UNITED KINGDOM (+22 PER CNET), FRANCE { +16 PER CENT), JAPAN (+16 PER CENT), AUSTRALIA (+12 PER AND THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY (+11 PER CENT).

CENT)

HOWEVER, DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO THE U.S.A. HONG KONG'S LARGEST DOMESTIC EXPORT MARKET, DECREASED BY 3 PER CENT IN VALUE TERMS.

IMPORTS IN JANUARY TO SEPTEMBER 1988 FROM ALL MAJOR SUPPLIERS INCREASED IN VALUE TERMS WHEN COMPARED WITH THE SAME PERIOD IN 1987.

/SIGNIFICANT INCREASES