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THURSDAY, APRIL 12, 1990

PER CENT EXPORTS IN OF 4

ON THE OTHER HAND, THE VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS ROSE BY 9 TO $24,446 MILLION, THUS BRINGING THE VALUE OF TOTAL FEBRUARY 1990 TO $37,757 MILLION, WHICH REPRESENTED AN INCREASE PER CENT OVER FEBRUARY 1989,

OVER THE SAME PERIOD OF COMPARISON, THE INCREASED BY 5 PER CENT TO $40,473 MILLION.

VALUE OF IMPORTS

TRADE

CAUTION SHOULD BE EXERCISED IN INTERPRETING THE FOR THE FIRST TWO MONTHS OF THE YEAR IN ISOLATION, AS THEY ARE

FIGURES TO BE AFFECTED BY THE TIMING OF THE

LIKELY LUNAR NEW YEAR FIGURES ARE ALSO PROVIDED FOR

HOLIDAYS. THUS THE MONTHS OF COMBINED.

JANUARY AND FEBRUARY

TOTAL MERCHANDISE

TRADE IN JANUARY AND

PER CENT COMPARED

FEBRUARY WITH

1990, AT THE SAME

$163,918 MILLION, INCREASED BY 1 PERIOD IN 1989.

OF DOMESTIC WHILE RE-EXPORTS

OVER THE SAME PERIOD OF COMPARISON, THE VALUE EXPORTS DECREASED BY 4 PER CENT TO $29,948 MILLION INCREASED BY 8 PER CENT TO $52,406 MILLION. THUS, THE VALUE EXPORTS INCREASED BY 3 PER CENT TO $82,354 MILLION.

OF TOTAL

THE VALUE OF IMPORTS, AT $81,564 MILLION, SHOWED LITTLE OVER THE SAME PERIOD.

CHANGE

COMPARING FEBRUARY 1990 WITH FEBRUARY 1989, DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO MOST MAJOR MARKETS DECREASED,

THE VALUE OF TO THE

PARTICULARLY UNITED

THOSE KINGDOM (-27 PER (ENT), CANADA (-20 AUSTRALIA (-18 PER CENT), THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC

PER CENT), CENT) AND THE USA (-14 PER CENT).

GERMANY (-17 PER

OF

OF

THE VALUE

AND 43 PKR CHINA ALSO

HOWEVER, A SUBSTANTIAL GROWTH WAS RECORDED FOR DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO TAIWAN AND SINGAPORE, BY 53 PER CENT CENT RESPECTIVELY. THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS ΤΟ INCREASED BY 19 PER CENT.

OVER THE SAME PERIOD OF COMPARISON, IMPORTS FROM ITALY, SINGAPORE, TAIWAN AND SWITZERLAND INCREASED BY 23

CHINA, PER CENT, 20 PER CENT, 11 PER CENT AND 4 PER CENT

CENT, 20 PER RESPECTIVELY IN TERMS. HOWEVER, THE VALUE OF IMPORTS

VALUE FROM THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC GERMANY, THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA, JAPAN, THE USA AND THE UNITED

OF DECREASED BY 16 PER CENT, 12 PER CENT, 5 PER CENT, 2 PER

KINGDOM PER CENT RESPECTIVELY.

CENT AND 2

CANADA, TERMS CENT, 27

RE-EXPORTS TO THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY, TAIWAN, SINGAPORE AND THE USA INCREASED SUBSTANTIALLY IN VALUE IN FEBRUARY 1990 OVER FEBRUARY 1989, BY 38 PER CENT, 28 PER PER CENT, 24 PER CENT AND 17 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY.

PER CENT

THOSE TO THE UNITED KINGDOM AND JAPAN INCREASED BY 6 AND 5 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY. HOWEVER, THE VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS AUSTRALIA, THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA AND CHINA DECREASED BY 8 PER CENT, PER CENT AND 2 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY.

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