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MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1989

EXTERNAL TRADE STATISTICS FOR JULY RELEASED

TOTAL MERCHANDISE TRADE IN JULY 1989, AT $101,258 MILLION, GREW ACCORDING ΤΟ BY 14 PER CENT IN VALUR TERMS COMPARED WITH JULY 1988, THE DETAILED FIGURES ON THE VALUE OF TRADE IN JULY 1989 RELEASED TODAY (MONDAY) BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.

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DOMESTIC EXPORTS INCREASED BY 5 PER CENT TO $21,104 MILLION

$31,431 MILLION, JULY 1989, WHILE RE-EXPORTS ROSE BY 31 PER CENT TO

MILLION, WHICH THUS BRINGING TOTAL EXPORTS IN JULY 1989 TO $52,535 REPRESENTED AN INCREASE OF 19 PER CENT OVER JULY 1988.

OVER THE SAME PERIOD OF COMPARISON, IMPORTS INCREASED BY 10 PER CENT TO $48,723 MILLION.

TOTAL MERCHANDISE TRADE IN JANUARY TO JULY 1989, MILLION, INCREASED BY 23 PER CENT COMPARED WITH THE SAME 1988.

AT $641,035 PERIOD IN

VALUE OF DOMESTIC RE-EXPORTS THUS, THE VALUE OF IMPORTS

OVER THE SAME PERIOD OF COMPARISON, THE EXPORTS INCREASED BY 6 PER CENT TO $123,162 MILLION, WHILE INCREASED BY 36 PER CENT TO $192,527 MILLION. TOTAL EXPORTS INCREASED BY 23 PER CENT TO $315,689 MILLION. INCREASED BY 22 PER CENT TO $325,347 MILLION,

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GROWTH SUBSTANTIAL COMPARING JULY 1989 WITH JULY 1988,

PER CENT), RECORDED IN THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO TAIWAN (+31)

(+16 PER SINGAPORE (+24 PER CENT), JAPAN (+19 PER CENT) AND CHINA

LARGEST MARKET, CENT). THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO THE USA, THE INCREASED BY 3 PER CENT.

HOWEVER, THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO THE UNITED NETHERLANDS AND THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY DECREASED PER CENT, 7 PER CENT AND 4 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY.

THE

KINGDOM, BY 12

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IN IMPORTS FROM MOST MAJOR SUPPLIERS INCREASED IN VALUE TERMS

ITALY (+30 PER 1989 OVER JULY

JULY 1988, PARTICULARLY THOSE FROM CENT), CHINA (+30 PER CENT), TAIWAN (+22 PER CENT) AND SINGAPORE PER CENT). HOWEVER, THE VALUE OF IMPORTS FROM THE USA, THE OF KOREA AND JAPAN DECREASED BY 12 PER CENT, 8 PER CENT AND 3 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY.

REPUBLIC

RE-EXPORTS TO THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY, THE USA, CANADA, IN VALUE SINGAPORE AND THE UNITED KINGDOM INCREASED SUBSTANTIALLY TERMS BY 63 PER CENT, 63 PER CENT, 49 PER CENT, 43 PER CENT AND 41 PER RR- CENT RESPECTIVELY. INCREASES WERE ALSO RECORDED IN THE VALUE OF EXPORTS TO AUSTRALIA (+33 PER CENT), JAPAN (+28 PER CENT), TAIWAN (+19 PER CENT) AND CHINA (+11 PER CENT).

IN 1988,

COMPARING JANUARY TO JULY 1989 WITH THE SAME PERIOD DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO MOST MAJOR MARKETS INCREASED IN VALUE TERMS.

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