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THE VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS IN THE FIRST HALF OF 1993 WAS $375,789 MILLION, BEING 22% HIGHER THAN THAT IN THE SAME PERIOD IN 1992.
COMPARING THE FIRST HALF OF 1993 WITH THE SAME PERIOD IN 1992, INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN THE VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS TO MOST OF THE MAJOR DESTINATIONS : CHINA (+36%), SINGAPORE (+25%), THEUNITED KINGDOM (+24%), GERMANY (+22%), THE UNITED STATES (+22%), FRANCE (+19%), JAPAN (+15%), CANADA (+10%) AND THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA (+3.9%).
HOWEVER, THE VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS TO TAIWAN DECREASED BY 18%.
TABLE 2 SHOWS THE CHANGES IN THE VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS OF THE 10 MAJOR COMMODITY DIVISIONS.
COMPARING THE FIRST HALF OF 1993 WITH THE SAME PERIOD IN INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN THE VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS OF ALL COMMODITY DIVISIONS.
1992,
MAJOR
(BY
AND
MORE NOTABLE INCREASES WERE REGISTERED FOR ROAD VEHICLES $10,483 MILLION OR 168%); TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $7,207 MILLION OR 31%); ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES, AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF (BY $6,862 MILLION OR 29%); FOOTWEAR (BY $6,605 MILLION OR 42%); MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURED ARTICLES CONSISTING OF MAINLY BABY CARRIAGES, TOYS, GAMES AND SPORTING GOODS (BY $5,398 MILLION OR 13%); CLOTHING (BY $4,736 MILLION OR 14%); AND TEXTILES (BY $678 MILLION OR 2.1%).
AS REGARDS DOMESTIC EXPORTS, INCREASES OF 3.6% AND 1.6% IN VALUE WERE RECORDED FOR THOSE TO MALAYSIA AND SINGAPORE RESPECTIVELY WHEN COMPARING JUNE 1993 WITH JUNE 1992.
OVER THE SAME PERIOD, DECREASES WERE RECORDED IN THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO OTHER MAJOR DESTINATIONS: TAIWAN (-26%), JAPAN (- 21%), THE NETHERLANDS (-20%), THE UNITED STATES (-16%), THE UNITED KINGDOM (-16%), CHINA (~8.0%), GERMANY (-5.6%) AND CANADA (-4.7%).
WERE YEAR.
THE DECLINES IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO CHINA AND THE UNITED STATES HOWEVER PARTLY AFFECTED BY HIGH BASE OF COMPARISON IN JUNE
LAST
THE CHANGES IN THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO THE 10 DESTINATIONS ARE SHOWN IN TABLE 3.
MAJOR
1992,
COMPARING THE FIRST HALF OF 1993 WITH THE SAME PERIOD IN THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO SINGAPORE, MALAYSIA AND CHINA INCREASED BY 15%, 15% AND 7.6% RESPECTIVELY.
(-14%), (-8.9%),
HOWEVER, DECREASES WERE RECORDED IN THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS ΤΟ OTHER MAJOR DESTINATIONS: THE UNITED KINGDOM JAPAN (-11%), THE NETHERLANDS (-11%), CANADA (-9.8%), TAIWAN THE UNITED STATES (-8.9%) AND GERMANY (−8.2%).
DOMESTIC
DECREASED BY
FOR ALL DESTINATIONS TAKEN TOGETHER, THE VALUE OF EXPORTS IN THE FIRST HALF OF 1993, AT $103,182 MILLION, 3.5% OVER THE SAME PERIOD IN 1992.
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