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SUNDAY, AUGUST 12, 1990

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EXTERNAL TRADE STATISTICS FOR JUNE RELEASED

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TOTAL MERCHANDISE TRADE IN JUNE 1990 STOOD AT $105,061 MILLION, REPRESENTING A GROWTH OF 6 PER CENT IN VALUE TERMS AS COMPARED WITH IN JUNE 1989, ACCORDING TO THE DETAILED FIGURES ON THE VALUE OF TRADE JUNE 1990 RELEASED TODAY (SUNDAY) BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.

OVER THE SAME PERIOD OF COMPARISON, THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC RE- EXPORTS DECREASED BY 1 PER CENT TO $18,845 MILLION, WHILE THAT OF

OF EXPORTS

THE VALUE ROSE BY 14 PER CENT TO $34,195 MILLION. INCREASED

THE BY 9 PER CENT TO $53,041 MILLION. EXPORTS IMPORTS INCREASED BY 4 PER CENT TO $52,021 MILLION.

TOTAL VALUE OF

THE VALUE OF TOTAL MERCHANDISE TRADE IN THE FIRST HALF OF STOOD

COMPARED AT $575,467 MILLION, INCREASED BY 7 PER CENT AS THE SAME PERIOD IN 1989.

1990 WITH

OVER THE SAME PERIOD EXPORTS DECREASED BY 1 PER CENT TO $100,538 RE-EXPORTS INCREASED BY 14 PER CENT TO VALUE OF TOTAL EXPORTS INCREASED BY 8 PER CENT THE VALUE OF IMPORTS INCREASED BY 5 PER CENT TO $291,833 MILLION.

OF COMPARISON, THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC MILLION, WHILE THAT OF

MILLION. $183,096

THUS, THE MILLION. $283,635

то

THE CHANGES IN THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS то 10 MAJOR MARKETS ARE SHOWN IN TABLE 1.

OF

COMPARING JUNE 1990 WITH JUNE 1989, THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO SINGAPORE, TAIWAN, CHINA AND THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC GERMANY INCREASED BY 25 PER CENT, 15 PER CENT, 13 PER CENT AND 12

RESPECTIVELY. CENT

HOWEVER, THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC

ΤΟ EXPORTS

THE UNITED KINGDOM, CANADA, THE USA, FRANCE AND

22 JAPAN DECREASED BY 13. PER CENT, PER CENT,

9 PER CENT, 8 PER CENT AND 5 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY.

THE

COMPARING THE FIRST HALF OF 1990 WITH THE SAME PERIOD IN

1989, DOMESTIC VALUE OF

EXPORTS TO THE UNITED KINGDOM

CANADA DECREASED BY 20 PER CENT AND 14 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY. DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO JAPAN, FRANCE, THE USA AND THE NETHERLANDS ALSO DECREASED PER CENT IN VALUE TERMS BY 8 PER CENT, 6 PER CENT, 5 PER CENT AND 2 RESPECTIVELY.

AND

SUBSTANTIAL INCREASES WERE RECORDED FOR THE VALUE HOWEVER,

22 EXPORTS TO TAIWAN AND SINGAPORE, BY 51 PER CENT AND DOMESTIC CENT RESPECTIVELY. THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO CHINA AND FEDERAL REPUBLIC

PER OF GERMANY INCREASED BY 4 PER CENT AND 3 RESPECTIVELY.

OF

PER

THE

CENT

TABLE 2 SHOWS THE CHANGES IN THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS MAJOR COMMODITY DIVISIONS.

OF

/COMPARING THE