THURSDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1991
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OVER THE SAME PERIOD OF COMPARISON, THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS INCREASED BY 2% TO $188,289 MILLION, WHILE THAT OF RE-EXPORTS INCREASED BY 29% TO $430,054 MILLION. -
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THE VALUE OF TOTAL EXPORTS INCREASED BY 19% TO $618,344 MILLION. THE VALUE OF IMPORTS INCREASED BY 22% TO $631,293 MILLION.
THE CHANGES IN THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO THE 10 MAJOR MARKETS ARE SHOWN IN TABLE 1.
COMPARING OCTOBER 1991 WITH OCTOBER 1990, THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS ΤΟ THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY, THE UNITED KINGDOM, FRANCE, JAPAN AND THE NETHERLANDS DECREASED BY 22%, 19%, 18%, 17% 16% RESPECTIVELY. THAT TO THE USA DECREASED BY 2%.
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HOWEVER, THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO CHINA AND CANADA INCREASED BY 12% AND 8% RESPECTIVELY.
COMPARING JANUARY TO OCTOBER 1991 WITH THE SAME PERIOD IN 1990, SUBSTANTIAL INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO SINGAPORE, THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY AND CHINA, BY 18%, 15% AND 14% RESPECTIVELY. THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS ΤΟ NETHERLANDS, FRANCE, THE UNITED KINGDOM AND TAIWAN INCREASED BY 7%, 6% AND 4% RESPECTIVELY.
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HOWEVER, THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO CANADA, THE USA JAPAN DECREASED BY 9%, 8% AND 2% RESPECTIVELY.
TABLE 2 SHOWS THE CHANGES IN THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS THE MAJOR COMMODITY DIVISIONS.
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COMPARING JANUARY TO OCTOBER 1991 WITH THE SAME PERIOD IN 1990, INCREASES IN THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS WERE REGISTERED FOR CLOTHING (BY $2,443 MILLION OR 4%); OFFICE MACHINES AND AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT (BY $2,107 MILLION OR 16%); ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES, AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF (BY $1,853 MILLION OR 13%); AND TEXTILES (BY $437 MILLION OR 3%).
HOWEVER, DECREASES IN THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS WERE RECORDED IN MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURED ARTICLES (BY $1,636 MILLION OR 8%), AND PHOTOGRAPHIC APPARATUS, EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES, OPTICAL GOODS, WATCHES AND CLOCKS (BY $1,643 MILLION OR 10%).
THE CHANGES IN THE VALUE OF IMPORTS FROM THE 10 MAJOR SUPPLIERS ARE SUMMARISED IN TABLE 3.
COMPARING OCTOBER 1991 WITH OCTOBER 1990, INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN THE VALUE OF IMPORTS FROM CHINA, THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA, TAIWAN AND JAPAN, BY 17%, 12%, 12% AND 11% RESPECTIVELY. THOSE FROM THE USA, THE UNITED KINGDOM AND THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY INCREASED BY 6%, 3% AND 1% RESPECTIVELY.
HOWEVER, THE VALUE OF IMPORTS FROM SWITZERLAND AND SINGAPORE DECREASED BY 17% AND 16% RESPECTIVELY.
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