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OVER THE SAME PERIOD, DECREASES IN THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS WERE RECORDED FOR CLOTHING (BY $1,645 MILLION OR 11%); MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURED ARTICLES CONSISTING OF MAINLY JEWELLERY, GOLDSMITHS' AND SILVERSMITHS' WARES (BY $796 MILLION OR 15%); AND PHOTOGRAPHIC APPARATUS, EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES, OPTICAL GOODS, WATCHES AND CLOCKS (BY $411 MILLION OR 10%).
THE VALUE OF IMPORTS IN MARCH 1993 WAS $86,855 MILLION, AN INCREASE OF 18% OVER THAT IN MARCH 1992.
COMPARING MARCH 1993 WITH MARCH 1992, INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN THE VALUE OF IMPORTS FROM ALI. THE MAJOR SUPPLIERS: SINGAPORE (+40%), MALAYSIA (+36%), GERMANY (+29%), THE UNITED STATES (+23%), JAPAN (+22%), CHINA (+19%), THE UNITED KINGDOM (+17%), THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA (+10%), TAIWAN (+9.0%) AND ITALY (+6.4%).
COMPARING THE FIRST QUARTER OF 1993 WITH THE SAME PERIOD IN 1992, THE VALUE OF IMPORTS FROM ALL THE MAJOR SUPPLIERS INCREASED: MALAYSIA (+33%), SINGAPORE (+31%), GERMANY (+28%), THE UNITED STATES (+26%), JAPAN (+18%), TAIWAN (+16%), ITALY (+16%), CHINA (+15%), THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA (+14%) AND THE UNITED KINGDOM (+12%).
THE VALUE OF IMPORTS IN THE FIRST QUARTER OF 1993 WAS $233,054 MILLION, AN INCREASE OF 18% OVER THE SAME PERIOD IN 1992.
COMPARING THE FIRST QUARTER OF 1993 WITH THE SAME PERIOD IN 1992, INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN THE VALUE OF IMPORTS OF ALL MAJOR COMMODITY DIVISIONS.
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MORE NOTABLE INCREASES WERE REGISTERED FOR ROAD VEHICLES $6,461 MILLION OR 100%); ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS APPLIANCES, AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF (BY $5,723 MILLION OR 31%); TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $2,609 MILLION OR 17%); FOOTWEAR (BY $2,344 MILLION OR 35%); CLOTHING (BY $2,044 MILLION OR 12%); AND TEXTILES (BY $1,824 MILLION OR 9.1%).
THE VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS IN MARCH 1993, AT $63,469 RECORDED A SUBSTANTIAL INCREASE OF 24% OVER MARCH 1992.
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COMPARING MARCH 1993 WITH MARCH 1992, THE VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS TO CHINA, GERMANY, THE UNITED KINGDOM, SINGAPORE, THE UNITED STATES, FRANCE, CANADA AND JAPAN INCREASED SUBSTANTIALLY, BY 37%,
36%, 32%, 28%, 23%, 21%, 19% AND 16% RESPECTIVELY,
HOWEVER, THE VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS TO TAIWAN DECREASED BY 37%.
THE VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS IN THE FIRST QUARTER OF 1993 WAS $174,198 MILLION, AN INCREASE OF 25% OVER THE SAME PERIOD IN 1992.
COMPARING THE FIRST QUARTER OF 1993 WITH THE SAME PERIOD IN 1992, INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN THE VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS TO MOST OF THE MAJOR DESTINATIONS: CHINA (+42%), SINGAPORE (+31%) THE UNITED KINGDOM (+30%), GERMANY (+21%), THE UNITED STATES (+19%), FRANCE (+18%), JAPAN (+15%), CANADA (+12%) AND THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA (+4.4%).
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HOWEVER, THE VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS TO TAIWAN DECREASED BY 16%.
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