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COMPARING JANUARY TO APRIL 1991 WITH THE SAME PERIOD IN 1990, INCREASES IN THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS WERE REGISTERED FOR OFFICE MACHINES AND AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT (BY $1,161 MILLION OR 25%); CLOTHING (BY $1,085 MILLION OR 6%); ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES, AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF MILLION OR 16%); AND PHOTOGRAPHIC APPARATUS, EQUIPMENT AND OPTICAL GOODS, WATCHES AND CLOCKS (BY $561 MILLION OR 10%).
(BY $805 SUPPLIES,
DOMESTIC EX PORTS OF TEXTILES INCREASED BY $22 MILLION OR THAN 0.5% IN VALUE.
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HOWEVER, DECREASES IN THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS WERE RECORDED IN MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURED ARTICLES (BY $837 MILLION OR 11%).
AND FOOTWEAR (BY $93 MILLION OR 29%).
THE CHANGES. IN THE VALUE OF IMPORTS FROM 10 MAJOR SUPPLIERS ARE SUMMARISED IN TABLE 3.
COMPARING APR16 1991 WITH APRIL. 1990, INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN THE VALUE OF IMPORTS FROM MOST MAJOR SUPPLIERS.
THE VALUE OF IMPORTS FROM THE USA, TAIWAN, JAPAN, CHINA, THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA, THE UNITED KINGDOM AND SINGAPORE INCREASED SUBSTANTIALLY, BY 40%, 35%, 33%, 32%, 31%, 27% AND 24% RESPECTIVELY. THOSE FROM THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY AND ITALY ALSO INCREASED BY 12% AND 5% RESPECTIVELY.
HOWEVER, THE VALUE OF IMPORTS FROM SWITZERLAND DECREASED BY 6%.
COMPARING JANUARY TO APRIL 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, TAIWAN, JAPAN, THE UNITED KINGDOM, CHINA AND THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY INCREASED SUBSTANTIALLY, BY 46%, 33%, 30%, 29%, 29%, 26% AND 21% RESPECTIVELY.
THOSE FROM THE USA, SWITZERLAND AND ITALY INCREASED BY 12%, AND 2% RESPECTIVELY.
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TABLE 4 SHOWS THE CHANGES IN THE VALUE OF IMPORTS OF THE MAJOR COMMODITY DIVISIONS.
COMPARING JANUARY TO APRIL 1991 WITH THE SAME PERIOD IN 1990, CONSIDERABLE INCREASES IN THE VALUE OP IMPORTS WERE RECORDED IN ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES, AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF (BY $5,209 MILLION OR 28%); TEXTILES (BY $4,186 MILLION OR 18%); TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $4,152 MELLION OR 31%); AND CLOTHING (BY $4,123
MILLION OR 29%).
HOWEVER, DECREASES IN THE VALUE OF IMPORTS WERE REGISTERED NON-METALLIC MINERAL MANUFACTURES (BY $137 MILLION OR 2%), HIDES, SKINS AND FORSKINS (BY $106 MILLION OR 18%).
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