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Re-exports by market (in value terms)

Third quarter

1986

($Mn)

All countries

32,320

China

10,276

United States

6,580

Japan

1,596

Republic of Korea

1,509

Taiwan

1,465

Singapore

1,425

Rest of the world

9,469

Percentage

share of total (%)

100

32

20

5

5

5

4

29

Re-exports by source (in value terms)

Third quarter

Percentage

share of total (%)

1986

($Mn)

All countries

32,320

China

14,143

Japan

4,882

United States

2,610

Taiwan

2,184

Republic of Korea

Rest of the world

948 7,553

100

44

15

8

7

3

23

The visible trade gap and the terms of trade

2.14

Comparing the third quarter of 1986 with the same quarter last year, the growth in the value of total exports (domestic exports plus re-exports),

at 24%, was slower than

that of imports, at 27%. Hence a smaller visible trade surplus, equivalent

68% of the value of imports, was recorded in the third quarter of this year, compared with

surplus of 8% in the third quarter of 1985.

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