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HOWEVER, THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO CHINA, CANADA AND THE USA DECREASED BY 18%, 6% AND 3% RESPECTIVELY.
COMPARING JANUARY TO FEBRUARY 1991 WITH THE SAME PERIOD IN 1990, SUBSTANTIAL INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS то THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY, SINGAPORE, THE NETHERLANDS, THE UNITED KINGDOM AND TAIWAN, BY 55%, 53%, 33%, 32% AND 26% RESPECTIVELY. THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO CHINA, FRANCE JAPAN ALSO INCREASED BY 18%, 13% AND 5% RESPECTIVELY.
HOWEVER, THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO CANADA AND THE DECREASED BY 12% AND 7% RESPECTIVELY.
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USA
TABLE 2 SHOWS THE CHANGES IN THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS THE MAJOR COMMODITY DIVISIONS.
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COMPARING JANUARY TO FEBRUARY 1991 WITH THE SAME PERIOD IN 1990,
INCREASES IN THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS WERE REGISTERED FOR CLOTHING (BY $1,666 MILLION OR 17%); OFFICE MACHINES AND AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT (BY $835 MILLION OR 40%); ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES, AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF (BY $572 MILLION OR 25%); AND TEXTILES (BY $23 MILLION OR 1%). HOWEVER, DECREASES IN THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS WERE RECORDED IN MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURED ARTICLES (BY $333 MILLION OR 9%), AND FOOTWEAR (BY $32 MILLION OR 19%).
THE CHANGES IN THE VALUE OF IMPORTS FROM 10 MAJOR SUPPLIERS ARE SUMMARISED IN TABLE 3.
COMPARING FEBRUARY 1991 WITH FEBRUARY 1990, SIGNIFICANT INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN THE VALUE OF IMPORTS FROM THE UNITED KINGDOM, SINGAPORE, CHINA, THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA AND JAPAN, BY 29%, 24%, 22%, 16% AND 13% RESPECTIVELY.
THOSE FROM SWITZERLAND, TAIWAN AND THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY INCREASED BY 4%, 3% AND 2% RESPECTIVELY. HOWEVER, THE VALUE OF IMPORTS FROM THE USA AND FRANCE DECREASED BY 5% AND 2% RESPECTIVELY.
COMPARING JANUARY TO FEBRUARY 1991 WITH THE SAME PERIOD IN 1990, INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN THE VALUE OF IMPORTS FROM ALL MAJOR SUPPLIERS.
THE VALUE OF IMPORTS FROM SINGAPORE, THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA, THE UNITED KINGDOM, CHINA, TAIWAN AND JAPAN INCREASED SUBSTANTIALLY, BY 58%, 44%, 38%, 34%, 32% AND 31% RESPECTIVELY. THOSE FROM THE USA, THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY, SWITZERLAND AND FRANCE INCREASED BY
22%, 18%, 18% AND 10% RESPECTIVELY.
TABLE 4 SHOWS THE CHANGES IN THE VALUE OF IMPORTS OF THE MAJOR COMMODITY DIVISIONS.
COMPARING JANUARY TO FEBRUARY 1991 WITH THE SAME PERIOD IN 1990, CONSIDERABLE INCREASES IN THE VALUE OF IMPORTS WERE RECORDED IN ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES, AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF (BY $3,529 MILLION OR 45%); CLOTHING (BY $2,618 MILLION OR 40%); TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $2,165 MILLION OR 36%); AND TEXTILES (BY $1,464
MILLION OR 15%).
/HOWEVER, DECREASES