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TABLE 2 SHOWS THE CHANGES IN THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS OF THE MAJOR COMMODITY DIVISIONS.
COMPARING JANUARY TO OCTOBER 1990 WITH THE SAME PERIOD IN 1989, INCREASES IN THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS WERE REGISTERED FOR PHOTOGRAPHIC APPARATUS, EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES, OPTICAL GOODS, WATCHES AND CLOCKS (BY $1,108 MILLION OR 7 PER CENT); TOBACCO AND TOBACCO MANUFACTURES (BY $833 MILLION OR 52 PER CENT); ARTIFICIAL RESINS PLASTIC MATERIALS, AND CELLULOSE ESTERS AND ETHERS (BY $700 MILLION OR 23 PER CENT); AND TEXTILES (BY $122 MILLION OR 1 PER CENT).
DOMESTIC EXPORTS OF CLOTHING INCREASED BY $41 MILLION OR LESS THAN 0.5 PER CENT IN VALUE TERMS.
WERE OR
HOWEVER, DECREASES IN THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS RECORDED IN MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURED ARTICLES (BY $2,021 MILLION
CENT), AND ELECTRICAL MACHINERY APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF (BY $868 MILLION OR 6 PER CENT).
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THE CHANGES IN THE VALUE OF IMPORTS FROM 10 MAJOR SUPPLIERS ARE SUMMARISED IN TABLE 3.
COMPARING OCTOBER 1990 WITH OCTOBER 1989, THE VALUE OF IMPORTS FROM ALL THE MAJOR SUPPLIERS INCREASED.
SIGNIFICANT INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN THE VALUE OF IMPORTS FROM SINGAPORE, JAPAN, THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY, THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA AND TAIWAN, BY 42 PER CENT, 37 PER CENT, 35 PER CENT, 33 CENT AND 31 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY.
PER
THOSE FROM CHINA, SWITZERLAND, ITALY, THE UNITED KINGDOM
25 PER THE USA INCREASED BY 28 PER CENT, 26 PER CENT,
20 CENT, CENT AND 16 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY.
AND PER
COMPARING JANUARY TO OCTOBER 1990 WITH THE SAME PERIOD IN 1989,
RECORDED INCREASES WERE
IN THE VALUE OF IMPORTS FROM ALL MAJOR SUPPLIERS.
THE VALUE OF IMPORTS FROM CHINA, SWITZERLAND, SINGAPORE AND THE USA INCREASED BY 18 PER CENT, 16 PER CENT, 11 PER CENT AND 11 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY. THOSE FROM TAIWAN, ITALY, JAPAN, THE REPUBLIC KOREA, THE UNITED KINGDOM AND THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY INCREASED BY 9 PER CENT, 6 PER CENT, 5 PER CENT, 5 PER CENT, 4 PER CENT AND 4 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY.
TABLE 4 SHOWS THE CHANGES IN THE VALUE OF IMPORTS OF THE MAJOR COMMODITY DIVISIONS.
COMPARING JANUARY TO OCTOBER 1990 WITH THE SAME PERIOD IN 1989, CONSIDERABLE INCREASES IN THE VALUE OF IMPORTS WERE RECORDED IN AND CLOTHING (BY $7,362 MILLION OR 20 PER CENT); TELECOMMUNICATIONS SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $6,863 MILLION OR 21 PER CENT); MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURED ARTICLES (BY 6 $6,594 MILLION OR 21 PER CENT); AND TEXTILES (BY $3,887 MILLION OR PER CENT).
/HOWEVER, DECREASES