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FRIDAY, MAY 11, 1990

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MARCH EXTERNAL TRADE STATISTICS RELEASED

TOTAL MERCHANDISE TRADE IN MARCH 1990, AT $98,371 MILLION,

VALUE GREW BY 7 PER CENT IN

TERMS AS COMPARED WITH MARCH 1989, ACCORDING TO THE DETAILED FIGURES ON THE VALUE OF TRADE IN MARCH RELEASED TODAY (FRIDAY) BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.

1990

THAT OF

OVER THE SAME PERIOD OF COMPARISON, THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC TO $16,512

WHILE EXPORTS DECREASED BY 1 PER CENT

MILLION RE-EXPORTS ROSE BY 16 PER CENT TO $30,743 MILLION.

PER CENT

THE VALUE OF TOTAL EXPORTS INCREASED BY 10 PER CENT TO $47,255 MILLION. THE VALUE OF IMPORTS IN MARCH 1990 INCREASED BY 6 OVER MARCH 1989 TO $51,117 MILLION.

TRADE IN 4 PER

ON A QUARTERLY BASIS, THE VALUE OF TOTAL MERCHANDISE

BY INCREASED THE FIRST QUARTER OF 1990, AT $262,290 MILLION, CENT AS COMPARED WITH THE SAME QUARTER IN 1989.

OF OVER THE SAME PERIOD EXPORTS DECREASED BY 3 PER CENT TO RE-EXPORTS INCREASED BY 11 PER CENT TO $83,149 MILLION.

COMPARISON, THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC

$46,460

MILLION,

WHILE

THAT

OF

5 PER CENT TO BY 2 PER CENT TO

THUS, THE VALUE OF TOTAL EXPORTS INCREASED BY $129,609 MILLION. THE VALUE OF IMPORTS INCREASED $132,681 MILLION.

VALUE OF DOMESTIC THE CHANGES IN THE MARKETS ARE SHOWN IN TABLE 1.

EXPORTS TO 10 MAJOR

THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC COMPARING MARCH 1990 WITH MARCH 1989,

ΤΟ EXPORTS

THE UNITED

THE JAPAN,

AUSTRALIA, CANADA, KINGDOM,

15 PER NETHERLANDS AND THE USA DECREASED BY 19 PER CENT, 19 PER CENT, CENT, 11 PER CENT, 4 PER CENT AND 1 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY.

FOR THE VALUE OF HOWEVER, A SUBSTANTIAL GROWTH WAS RECORDED

AND 23 PER DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO TAIWAN AND SINGAPORE, BY 72 PER CENT CENT RESPECTIVELY.

THE VALUE OF

DOMESTIC EXPORTS

OF

CENT

AND

ΤΟ THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC GERMANY AND CHINA ALSO SHOWED A MODERATE INCREASE, BY 2 PER 1 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY.

COMPARING THE FIRST QUARTER OF 1990 WITH THE 1989, A SUBSTANTIAL GROWTH WAS RECORDED BY 60 EXPORTS TO TAIWAN AND SINGAPORE, RESPECTIVELY. DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO CHINA ALSO IN VALUE TERMS,

SAME QUARTER IN FOR THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC PER CENT AND 19 PER CENT PER CENT INCREASED BY 1

THE

REPUBLIC OF

GERMANY,

USA

HOWEVER, THOSE TO THE UNITED KINGDOM, CANADA, AUSTRALIA, JAPAN, FEDERAL

THE

AND THE NETHERLANDS DECREASED BY 22 PER CENT, 14 PER CENT, 12 PER CENT, 12 PER CENT, 6 PER CENT, 4 PER CENT AND 3 PER CENT IN VALUE TERMS RESPECTIVELY.

/TABLE 2