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MONDAY, APRIL 13, 1992
COMPARING THE FIRST TWO MONTHS OF 1992 WITH THE SAME PERIOD 1991, THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO CANADA AND CHINA INCREASED 13% AND 9% RESPECTIVELY, WHILE THAT TO U.S.A. RECORDED LITTLE
IN
BY
CHANGE.
REPUBLIC
HOWEVER, THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO THE FEDERAL
THE NETHERLANDS AND FRANCE OF GERMANY, TAIWAN, THE UNITED KINGDOM, DECREASED BY
ΤΟ 33%, 21%,
12% 18%, 13% AND
THOSE RESPECTIVELY. SINGAPORE AND JAFAN DECREASED BY 6% AND 1% RESPECTIVELY.
TABLE 2 SHOWS THE CHANGES IN THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS THE MAJOR COMMODITY DIVISIONS.
COMPARING
OF
FOR
(BY
(BY
JANUARY TO FEBRUARY 1992 WITH THE SAME PERIOD IN 1991, INCREASES IN THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS WERE REGISTERED ELECTRIC CURRENT (BY $112 MILLION OR 96%); MANUFACTURES OF METALS
INDUSTRIES $103 MILLION OR 16%); MACHINERY SPECIALISED FOR PARTICULAR (BY $99 MILLION OR 29%); AND MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURED ARTICLES $49 MILLION OR 2%).
EXPORTS WERE MACHINES
AND OR 12%); PARTS
DECREASES HOWEVER,
IN THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC
RECORDED
TEXTILES (BY $366 MILLION OR 16%); OFFICE IN
DATA PROCESSING AUTOMATIC
EQUIPMENT (BY
MILLION $361 ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES, AND ELECTRICAL
APPARATUS, (BY $344 MILLION OR 12%); PHOTOGRAPHIC THEREOF AND SUPPLIES, OPTICAL GOODS, WATCHES AND CLOCKS (BY $328 11%); AND CLOTHING (BY $194 MILLION OR 2%).
EQUIPMENT
MILLION OR
THE CHANGES IN THE VALUE OF IMPORTS FROM THE 10 MAJOR SUPPLIERS ARE 'SUMMARISED IN TABLE 3.
COMPARING FEBRUARY 1992 WITH FEBRUARY 1991, INCREASES WERE THE VALUE RECORDED IN THE VALUE OF IMPORTS FROM ALL MAJOR SUPPLIERS.
REPUBLIC OF IMPORTS FROM THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY, TAIWAN, THE OF KOREA, CHINA, JAPAN, ITALY AND U.S.A. INCREASED SUBSTANTIALLY, 79%, 72%, 61%, 55%, 51%, 46% AND 44% RESPECTIVELY,
BY
THOSE FROM SWITZERLAND, SINGAPORE AND THE UNITED KINGDOM INCREASED BY 27%, 15% AND 15% RESPECTIVELY.
COMPARING
16%
PERIOD
IN
OF
JANUARY TO FEBRUARY 1992 WITH THE SAME 1991, SUBSTANTIAL INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN THE VALUE OF IMPORTS FROM THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY, JAPAN, ITALY, CHINA, THE REPUBLIC
RESPECTIVELY. KOREA AND TAIWAN, BY 30%, 27%, 21%, 21%, 17% AND
AND U.S.A. INCREASED BY 6%
SINGAPORE AND HOWEVER, THE VALUE OF IMPORTS FROM SWITZERLAND DECREASED BY 7% AND 2% RESPECTIVELY.
2%
THOSE FROM THE UNITED KINGDOM AND RESPECTIVELY.
TABLE 4 SHOWS THE CHANGES IN THE VALUE OF IMPORTS OF THE COMMODITY DIVISIONS.
MAJOR
COMPARING
1991, INCREASES
VEHICLES
(BY
RECORDING OR 22%);
PHOTOGRAPHIC
GOODS,
TO FEBRUARY 1992 WITH THE JANUARY
IN THE VALUE OF
REGISTERED IMPORTS WERE MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURED ARTICLES (BY $2,428 MILLION OR 35%);
AND $2,106 MILLION OR 97%); TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $1,804
APPARATUS, EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES, OPTICAL WATCHES AND CLOCKS (BY $1,036 MILLION OR 19%); $1,804 MILLION OR 20%); AND TEXTILES (BY $165 MILLION OR 1%).
SAME
PERIOD
IN
FOR
ROAD
SOUND
MILLION
CLOTHING
(BY
/HCWEVER, DECREASES