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TAKING DOMESTIC EXPORTS AND RE-EXPORTS TOGETHER, THE VALUE TOTAL EXPORTS ROSE BY 14%. THE VALUE OF IMPORTS INCREASED BY 18% $662,100 MILLION, THE VALUE OF TOTAL MERCHANDISE TRADE, AS A WHOLE, INCREASED BY 16%.
THE CHANGES IN THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS ΤΟ 10 MAJOR MARKETS ARE SHOWN IN TABLE 1.
COMPARING JANUARY 1991 WITH JANUARY 1990, THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO SINGAPORE, CHINA AND THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY RECORDED SUBSTANTIAL INCREASES OF 82%, 55% AND 46% RESPECTIVELY.
THOSE TO THE NETHERLANDS, TAIWAN, THE UNITED KINGDOM AND JAPAN ALSO INCREASED, BY 31%, 26%, 26% AND 5% RESPECTIVELY.
HOWEVER, THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO CANADA AND THE USA DECREASED BY 16% AND 11% RESPECTIVELY.
TABLE 2 SHOWS THE CHANGES IN THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS THE MAJOR COMMODITY DIVISIONS.
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COMPARING JANUARY 1991 WITH JANUARY 1990, INCREASES IN THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS WERE REGISTERED FOR OFFICE MACHINES AND AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT (BY $667 MILLION OR 65%); ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES, AND ELECTRICAL THEREOF (BY $496 MILLION OR 43%); CLOTHING (BY $173 MILLION OR AND TEXTILES (BY $151 MILLION OR 12%).
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HOWEVER, DECREASES IN THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS RECORDED IN MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURED ARTICLES (BY $48 MILLION OR 2%), AND FOOTWEAR (BY $11 MILLION OR 11%).
THE CHANGES IN THE VALUE OF IMPORTS FROM 10 MAJOR SUPPLIERS ARE SUMMARIZED IN TABLE 3.
COMPARING JANUARY 1991 WITH JANUARY 1990, 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, TAIWAN AND JAPAN, BY 100%, 74%, 61% AND 54% RESPECTIVELY. THOSE FROM THE USA, THE UNITED KINGDOM, CHINA, SWITZERLAND, THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY AND FRANCE INCREASED BY 49%, 48%, 43%, 39%, 35% AND 24% RESPECTIVELY.
TABLE 4 SHOWS THE CHANGES IN THE VALUE OF IMPORTS OF THE MAJOR COMMODITY DIVISIONS.
COMPARING JANUARY 1991 WITH JANUARY 1990, CONSIDERABLE INCREASES IN THE VALUE OF IMPORTS WERE RECORDED IN ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES, AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF (BY $2,537 MILLION OR 66%): TEXTILES (BY $1,837 MILLION OR 39%); TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $1,624 MILLION OR 56%); AND CLOTHING (BY $1,618 MILLION OR 43%).
HOWEVER, DECREASES IN THE VALUE OF IMPORTS WERE REGISTERED CORK AND WOOD AND MANUFACTURES THEREOF (BY $125 MILLION OR 25%).
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