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TUESDAY, MAY 12, 1992
COMPARING MARCH 1992 WITH MARCH 1991,
SUBSTANTIAL
INCREASES
WERE RECORDED IN THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO TAIWAN (BY 43%), SINGAPORE (BY 40%), CHINA (BY 30%), CANADA (BY 25%), THE UNITED STATES (BY 20%) AND JAPAN (BY 12%).
HOWEVER, DECREASES WERE RECORDED IN THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO GERMANY (-24%), FRANCE (-18%), THE NETHERLANDS (-17%) THE UNITED KINGDOM (-4%).
AND
COMPARING THE FIRST QUARTER OF 1992 WITH THE SAME QUARTER IN 1991, THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO CANADA AND CHINA BOTH INCREASED BY 16%.
THOSE TO SINGAPORE, THE UNITED STATES AND JAPAN INCREASED BY 8%, 6% AND 4% RESPECTIVELY.
HOWEVER, THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO GERMANY, THE UNITED KINGDOM, THE NETHERLANDS AND FRANCE DECREASED, BY 30%, 14%, 14% AND 13% RESPECTIVELY.
TABLE 2 SHOWS THE CHANGES IN THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS OF THE MAJOR COMMODITY DIVISIONS.
COMPARING THE FIRST QUARTER OF 1992 WITH THE SAME QUARTER IN 1991, INCREASES IN THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS WERE REGISTERED FOR CLOTHING (BY $345 MILLION OR 2%); MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURED ARTICLES (BY $337 MILLION OR 7%); ELECTRIC CURRENT (BY $177 MILLION OR 96%); MACHINERY SPECIALISED FOR PARTICULAR INDUSTRIES (BY $172 MILLION OR 32%); AND OFFICE MACHINES AND AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT (BY $163 MILLION OR 4%).
HOWEVER,
DECREASES IN THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS WERE RECORDED IN TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $766 MILLION OR 22%); PHOTOGRAPHIC APPARATUS, EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES, OPTICAL GOODS, WATCHES AND CLOCKS (BY $488 MILLION OR 11%); TEXTILES (BY $314 MILLION OR 9%); AND ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES, AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF (BY $194 MILLION OR 5%).
CHANGES IN THE VALUE OF IMPORTS FROM THE 10 MAJOR SUPPLIERS ARE SUMMARISED IN TABLE 3.
COMPARING MARCH 1992 WITH MARCH 1991, INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN THE VALUE OF IMPORTS FROM ALL MAJOR SUPPLIERS: THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA (BY 38%), CHINA (BY 37%), TAIWAN (BY
32%), ITALY (BY 31%), JAPAN (BY 28%), GERMANY (BY 24%), SWITZERLAND (BY 18%), THE UNITED STATES (BY 17%), THE UNITED KINGDOM (BY 15%) AND SINGAPORE (BY 12%).
COMPARING THE FIRST QUARTER OF 1992 WITH THE SAME 1991, THE VALUE OF IMPORTS FROM GERMANY, JAPAN, CHINA, REPUBLIC OF KOREA AND TAIWAN INCREASED SUBSTANTIALLY, BY 26%, 25%, 24% AND 22% RESPECTIVELY.
QUARTER IN ITALY, THE 28%, 27%,
THOSE FROM THE UNITED KINGDOM, THE UNITED STATES AND SWITZERLAND ALSO INCREASED, BY 8%, 7% AND 4% RESPECTIVELY.
HOWEVER, THE VALUE OF IMPORTS FROM SINGAPORE DECREASED BY 1%.
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