THURSDAY, MARCH 12, 1992
OF
TO
WHOLE,
TAKING DOMESTIC EXPORTS AND RE-EXPORTS TOGETHER, THE VALUE TOTAL EXPORTS ROSE BY 16%. THE VALUE OF IMPORTS INCREASED BY 17% $774,230 MILLION. THE VALUE OF TOTAL MERCHANDISE TRADE, AS A INCREASED BY 17%.
CHANGES IN
THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS MARKETS ARE SHOWN IN TABLE 1.
то THE
10
MAJOR
OF
COMPARING JANUARY 1992 WITH JANUARY 1991, THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC DECREASES WERE EXPORTS TO ALL MAJOR MARKETS DECREASED. SIGNIFICANT RECORDED IN THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC GERMANY, TAIWAN, THE UNITED KINGDOM AND SINGAPORE, BY 40%, AND
28% RESPECTIVELY.
VALUE THE
OF
34%, 31%
CHINA,
23%,
FRANCE, 21%,
U.S.. DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO THE JAPAN, THE NETHERLANDS AND CANADA ALSO DECREASED, BY 24%, 21%, 19% AND 12% RESPECTIVELY.
TABLE 2 SHOWS THE CHANGES IN THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS THE MAJOR COMMODITY DIVISIONS.
OF
COMPARING JANUARY 1992 WITH JANUARY
WERE 1991, DECREASES RECORDED IN THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS OF ALL MAJOR COMMODITIES,
TEXTILES (BY $710 INCLUDING CLOTHING (BY $1,167 MILLION OR 19%)
SUPPLIES, MILLION OR 52%), AND PHOTOGRAPHIC APPARATUS, EQUIPMENT AND OPTICAL GOODS, WATCHES AND CLOCKS (BY $659 MILLIONS OR 37%).
ALSO
AND
40%); PARTS DATA
MISCELLANEOUS
INCLUDED WERE TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING APPARATUS AND REPRODUCING
EQUIPMENT (BY $527 MILLION OR ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES, AND ELECTRICAL THEREOF (BY $507 MILLION OR 31%); OFFICE MACHINES AND AUTOMATIC
EQUIPMENT PROCESSING
(BY $507 MILLION OR
AND 30%), MANUFACTURED ARTICLES (BY $329 MILLION OR 18%).
CHANGES IN THE VALUE OF IMPORTS FROM THE 10 MAJOR SUPPLIERS ARE SUMMARISED IN TABLE 3.
DECREASES
WERE
COMPARING JANUARY 1992 WITH JANUARY 1991, RECORDED IN THE VALUE OF IMPORTS FROM MOST MAJOR SUPPLIERS. THE VALUE KOREA OF IMPORTS FROM THE U.S. SINGAPORE, TAIWAN AND THE REPUBLIC OF DECREASED SUBSTANTIALLY, BY 25%, 24%, 21% AND 16% RESPECTIVELY.
FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY, THAILAND,
AND UNITED KINGDOM, ITALY AND CHINA DECREASED BY 7%, 6%, 5%, 3%
HOWEVER,
FROM THE VALUE OF IMPORTS
JAPAN INCREASED
THOSE FROM THE
RESPECTIVELY.
BY 5%.
TABLE 4 SHOWS THE CHANGES IN THE VALUE OF IMPORTS OF THE COMMODITY DIVISIONS.
THE 1%
MAJOR
WERE MILLION OR ELECTRICAL
COMPARING JANUARY 1992 WITH JANUARY 1991, DECREASES RECORDED IN THE VALUE OF IMPORTS OF TEXTILES (BY $2,956 45%); ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES, AND PARTS THEREOF (BY $1,340 MILLION OR 22%); AND CLOTHING (BY $66 MILLION OR 1%)
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/NEVERTHELESS, THE
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