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EXTERNAL TRADE STATISTICS FOR NOVEMBER RELEASED

MILLION,

TOTAL MERCHANDISE TRADE IN NOVEMBER 1989, AT $95,802 SHOWED LITTLE CHANGE IN VALUE TERMS COMPARED WITH NOVEMBER 1988, ACCORDING TO THE DETAILED FIGURES ON THE VALUE OF TRADE IN NOVEMBER 1989 RELEASED TODAY (FRIDAY) BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.

IN $30,046 $49,458

DOMESTIC EXPORTS DECREASED BY 3 PER CENT TO $19,412 MILLION NOVEMBER 1989. HOWEVER, RE-EXPORTS ROSE BY 8 PER CENT TO MILLION, THUS BRINGING TOTAL EXPORTS IN NOVEMBER 1989 TO NILLION, WHICH REPRESENTED AN INCREASE OF 4 PER CENT OVER NOVEMBER 1988.

OVER THE SAME PERIOD OF COMPARISON CENT TO $46,344 MILLION.

IMPORTS DECREASED BY 4

PER

1989, AT

THE SAME VALUE OF

TOTAL MERCHANDISE TRADE IN JANUARY ΤΟ NOVEMBER $1,036,345 MILLION, INCREASED BY 16 PER CENT COMPARED WITH PERIOD IN 1988. OVER THE SAME PERIOD OF COMPARISON THE

+ DOMESTIC EXPORTS INCREASED BY 4 PER CENT TO $204,189 MILLION, WHILE RE-EXPORTS INCREASED BY 28 PER CENT TO $316,819 MILLION.

THUS, THE VALUE OF TOTAL EXPORTS INCREASED BY 17 PER CENT TO $521,008 MILLION. IMPORTS INCREASED BY 15 PER CENT TO $515,337 MILLION.

COMPARING NOVEMBER 1989 WITH NOVEMBER 1988, THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO MOST MAJOR MARKETS DECREASED, PARTICULARLY THOSE ΤΟ AUSTRALIA (-17 PER CENT), THE UNITED KINGDOM (-15 PER CENT), THE NETHERLANDS (-11 PER CENT) AND CANADA (-9 PER CENT). THOSE то THE USA, CHINA AND JAPAN DECLINED BY 4 PER CENT, 2 PER CENT AND 2 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY. HOWEVER, A SUBSTANTIAL, GROWTH WAS RECORDED FOR VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO TAIWAN, BY 35 PER CENT.

OVER THE SAME PERIOD OF COMPARISON, IMPORTS FROM THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA, JAPAN, THE UNITED KINGDOM, SWITZERLAND AND THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY DECREASED BY 31 PER CENT, 23 PER CENT, 15 PER CENT, 9 PER CENT AND 5 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY IN VALUE TERMS. HOWEVER, THE VALUE OF IMPORTS FROM SINGAPORE, CHINA, THE USA, TAIWAN AND ITALY INCREASED BY 13 PER CENT, 11 PER CENT, 6 PER CENT, 1 PER CENT AND 1 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY.

RE-EXPORTS то THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY, CANADA, THE USA, THE UNITED KINGDOM, SINGAPORE AND JAPAN INCREASED SUBSTANTIALLY IN VALUE TERMS IN NOVEMBER 1989 OVER NOVEMBER 1988, BY 42 PER CENT, 32 PER CENT, 28 PER CENT, 20 PER CENT, 19 PER CENT AND 17 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY. HOWEVER, THE VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS TO CHINA DECREASED BY 19 PER CENT.

COMPARING JANUARY TO NOVEMBER 1989 WITH THE SAME PERIOD IN 1988, THE MARKETS WITH SIGNIFICANT GROWTH IN THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS INCLUDED TAIWAN (+27 PER CENT), JAPAN (16 PER CENT), CHINA (+15 PER CENT) AND SINGAPORE (+12 PER CENT). HOWEVER, THOSE ΤΟ THE UNITED KINGDOM, THE NETHERLANDS AND THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY DECREASED BY 5 PER CENT, 4 PER CENT AND 3 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY. DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO THE USA SHOWED NO CHANGE.

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