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SUNDAY, MARCH 11, 1990

EXTERNAL TRADE STATISTICS FOR JANUARY RELEASED

MILLION,

AT TOTAL MERCHANDISE TRADE IN JANUARY 1990,

$85,689 WITH JANUARY 1989, DECREASED BY 1 PER CENT IN VALUE TERMS COMPARED

OF TRADE IN JANUARY ACCORDING TO THE DETAILED FIGURES ON THE VALUE 1990 RELEASED TODAY (SUNDAY) BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.

MILLION,

DOMESTIC EXPORTS DECREASED BY 4 PER CENT TO $16,637 MILLION IN JANUARY 1990, WHILE RE-EXPORTS ROSE BY 7 PER CENT TO $27,960 THUS BRINGING TOTAL EXPORTS IN JANUARY 1990 TO $44,598 MILLION, REPRESENTED AN INCREASE OF 3 PER CENT OVER JANUARY 1989.

WHICH

OVER THE SAME PERIOD OF COMPARISON, IMPORTS DECREASED BY 5 CENT TO $41,092 MILLION.

PER

COMPARING JANUARY 1990 WITH JANUARY 1989, THE VALUE OF PARTICULARLY THOSE DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO MOST MAJOR MARKETS DECREASED,

CENT). THOSE TO THE UNITED KINGDOM (-21 PER CENT) AND CHINA (-14 PER

GERMANY TO CANADA, JAPAN, THE NETHERLANDS AND THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF

CENT AND DECLINED BY 9 PER CENT, 7

3 PER CENT

RESPECTIVELY.

PER CENT,

PER 6

A HOWEVER,

DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO TAIWAN, FRANCE AND THE USA ALSO INCREASED, BY RESPECTIVELY IN VALUE TERMS.

BY

9

SUBSTANTIAL GROWTH WAS RECORDED FOR VALUE OF 53 PER CENT. DOMESTIC

ΤΟ EXPORTS

PER

AND CENT

PER CENT

2

OVER THE SAME PERIOD OF COMPARISON, IMPORTS FROM THE REPUBLIC

SINGAPORE, OF KOREA,

JAPAN, THE UNITED KINGDOM, TAIWAN AND THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY DECREASED BY 21 PER CENT, 19 PER CENT,

PER CENT RESPECTIVELY PER CENT, 18 PER CENT, 13 PER CENT AND 13 VALUE TERMS.

18

IN

HOWEVER, THE VALUE OF IMPORTS FROM THE USA AND CHINA INCREASED BY 12 PER CENT AND 7 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY.

RE-EXPORTS TO THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY, CANADA, THE USA,

JAPAN INCREASED SUBSTANTIALLY THE UNITED KINGDOM, AUSTRALIA AND

IN 39 PER VALUE TERMS IN JANUARY 1990 OVER JANUARY 1989, BY 44 PER CENT,

PER CENT, 29 PER CENT, 34

CENT, 17 PER

AND CENT

9 PER CENT

RESPECTIVELY.

CENT.

HOWEVER, THE VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS TO CHINA DECREASED BY

23 PER

TRADE FIGURES CAUTION SHOULD BE EXERCISED IN INTERPRETING THE FOR ANY INDIVIDUAL MONTH IN ISOLATION, IN VIEW OF THE FLUCTUATIONS THE TRADE FIGURES THAT MAY OCCUR FROM MONTH TO MONTH. IN PARTICULAR,

YEAR ARE USUALLY AFFECTED FOR THE FIRST TWO MONTHS OF THE

BY THE

LUNAR NEW YEAR HOLIDAYS.

EXTENDING THE PERIOD OF COMPARISON

WHILE

TO THE 12 MONTHS ENDING EXPORTS RE-EXPORTS, AT

JANUARY 1990 WITH THE 12 MONTHS ENDING JANUARY 1989, DOMESTIC

$223,480 INCREASED BY 2 PER CENT TO

MILLION,

$348,112 MILLION, WERE UP BY 23 PER CENT.

/TAKING DOMESTIC