MONDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1991
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COMPARING THE YEAR 1990 WITH THE YEAR 1989, INCREASES IN THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS WERE REGISTERED FOR PHOTOGRAPHIC APPARATUS, EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES, OPTICAL GOODS, WATCHES AND CLOCKS (BY MILLION OR 10 PER CENT); TOBACCO AND TOBACCO MANUFACTURES (BY $1,004 MILLION OR 50 PER CENT); ARTIFICIAL RESINS AND PLASTIC MATERIALS, CELLULOSE ESTERS AND ETHERS (BY $981 MILLION OR 27 PER CENT); AND OFFICE MACHINES AND AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT (BY $786 MILLION OR 5 PER CENT).
AND
DOMESTIC EXPORTS OF CLOTHING WENT UP BY $291 MILLION ALTHOUGH IN PERCENTAGE TERMS IT REPRESENTED AN INCREASE OF LESS THAN 0.5 PER CENT. THOSE OF TEXTILES INCREASED BY $92 MILLION OR 1 PER CENT.
HOWEVER, DECREASES IN THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS WERE RECORDED IN MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURED ARTICLES (BY $1,853 MILLION OR 7 PER CENT), AND MANUFACTURES OF METAL (BY $794 MILLION OR 16 PER CENT).
THE CHANGES IN THE VALUE OF IMPORTS FROM 10 MAJOR SUPPLIERS ARE SUMMARISED IN TABLE 3.
COMPARING DECEMBER 1990 WITH DECEMBER 1989, THE VALUE OF IMPORTS FROM ALL THE MAJOR SUPPLIERS INCREASED.
SIGNIFICANT INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN THE VALUE OF IMPORTS FROM SINGAPORE, THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA, THE UNITED KINGDOM AND JAPAN, BY 49 PER CENT, 37 PER CENT, 34 PER CENT AND 33 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY.
THOSE FROM ITALY, TAIWAN, CHINA, THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY. THE USA AND SWITZERLAND INCREASED BY 27 PER
CENT, 26 PER CENT, 24 PER CENT, 17 PER CENT, 16 PER CENT AND 9 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY.
COMPARING THE YEAR 1990 WITH THE YEAR 1989, INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN THE VALUE OF IMPORTS FROM ALL MAJOR SUPPLIERS.
THE VALUE OF IMPORTS FROM CHINA, SWITZERLAND, SINGAPORE, TAIWAN, THE USA, JAPAN AND THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA INCREASED BY 20 PER CENT, 18 PER CENT, 17 PER CENT, 13 PER CENT, 12 PER CENT, 11 PER CENT AND 11 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY.
THOSE FROM ITALY, THE UNITED KINGDOM AND THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY INCREASED BY 10 PER CENT, 9 PER CENT AND 7 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY.
TABLE 4 SHOWS THE CHANGES IN THE VALUE OF IMPORTS OF THE MAJOR COMMODITY DIVISIONS.
COMPARING THE YEAR 1990 WITH THE YEAR 1989, CONSIDERABLE INCREASES IN THE VALUE OF IMPORTS WERE RECORDED IN TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $9,839 MILLION OR 25 PER CENT); CLOTHING (BY $9,383 MILLION OR 21 PER CENT); MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURED ARTICLES (BY $9,007 MILLION OR 24 PER CENT); AND TEXTILES (BY $7,128 MILLION OR 10 PER CENT).
FOR
HOWEVER, DECREASES IN THE VALUE OF IMPORTS WERE REGISTERED TEXTILE FIBRES AND THEIR WASTES (BY $1,788 MILLION OR 25 PER CENT), AND NON-FERROUS METALS (BY $689 MILLION OR 8 PER CENT).
/THE CHANGES