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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1990
COMPARING SEPTEMBER 1990 WITH SEPTEMBER 1989, THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO SINGAPORE RECORDED A SUBSTANTIAL INCREASE OF 46 PER
DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY, TAIWAN, THE NETHERLANDS AND CHINA ALSO INCREASED, BY 23 PER CENT, 19 PER CENT, 18 PER CENT AND 10 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY.
CENT.
HOWEVER, THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO CANADA, THE USA,
11 PER CENT JAPAN AND AUSTRALIA DECREASED BY 20 PER CENT, 12 PER CENT,
9
WAS PER CENT RESPECTIVELY, WHILE THAT TO THE AND
KINGDOM VIRTUALLY UNCHANGED.
UNITED
COMPARING JANUARY TO SEPTEMBER 1990 WITH THE SAME PERIOD IN
OF INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN THE VALUE
DOMESTIC 1989, SUBSTANTIAL
AND SINGAPORE, BY 36 PER CENT AND 27 PER EXPORTS TO TAIWAN RESPECTIVELY.
CENT
OF
THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO BOTH THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC GERMANY AND CHINA INCREASED BY 7 PER CENT, AND THAT TO THE NETHERLANDS INCREASED BY 3 PER CENT,
THE
15 PER ALSO
HOWEVER, THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO AUSTRALIA, CANADA AND UNITED KINGDOM DECREASED BY 17 PER CENT, 16 PER CENT AND CENT
DOMESTIC RESPECTIVELY.
EXPORTS TO JAPAN AND THE USA DECREASED IN VALUE TERMS, BY 10 PER CENT AND 8 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY.
TABLE 2 SHOWS THE CHANGES IN THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS THE MAJOR COMMODITY DIVISIONS.
OF
JANUARY COMPARING
ESTERS
TO SEPTEMBER 1990 WITH THE SAME PERIOD IN 1989,
INCREASES IN THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS WERE REGISTERED FOR TOBACCO AND TOBACCO MANUFACTURES (BY $764 MILLION OR 56 PER CENT);
RESINS
CELLULOSE AND PLASTIC MATERIALS, AND ARTIFICIAL ETHERS (BY
APPARATUS, MILLION OR 21 PER CENT); $562
PHOTOGRAPHIC
EQUIPMENT AND
(BY SUPPLIES, OPTICAL GOODS, WATCHES AND CLOCKS MILLION OR 4 PER CENT); AND TEXTILES (BY $12 MILLION OR LESS THAN PER CENT).
EXPORTS
AND
$535
0.5
WERE
HOWEVER,
IN DECREASES
THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC RECORDED IN MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURED ARTICLES (BY $1,819 MILLION
APPLIANCES AND 9 PER CENT), AND ELECTRICAL MACHINERY APPARATUS AND ELECTRICAL
CENT). PARTS THEREOF (BY $807 MILLION OR 6 PER EXPORTS OF CLOTHING DECREASED BY $192 MILLION OR LESS THAN CENT IN VALUE TERMS.
DOMESTIC 0.5 PER
THE CHANGES IN THE VALUE OF IMPORTS FROM 10 MAJOR SUPPLIERS ARE SUMMARISED IN TABLE 3.
WITH SEPTEMBER 1989, SEPTEMBER 1990 COMPARING
ALL THE MAJOR SUPPLIERS IMPORTS FROM INCREASE OF 41 PER CENT WAS RECORDED IN THE VALUE SWITZERLAND.
THE VALUE INCREASED. A SIGNIFICANT
OF
OF
IMPORTS
FROM
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