MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1993
PERIOD
COMPARING THE FIRST SEVEN MONTHS OF 1993 WITH THE SAME IN 1992, THE VALUE OF IMPORTS FROM ALL THE MAJOR SUPPLIERS INCREASED : MALAYSIA (+25%), GERMANY (+22%), THE UNITED (+20%),
STATES
(+20%), ITALY
(+10%),
SINGAPORE (+20%), JAPAN(+16%), CHINA (+13%), TAIWAN THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA (+9.0%) AND THE UNITED KINGDOM (+8.5%).
THE VALUE OF IMPORTS IN THE FIRST SEVEN MONTHS $605,417 MILLION, AN INCREASE OF 15% OVER THE SAME PERIOD IN 1992.
OF 1993 WAS
TABLE 6 SHOWS THE CHANGES IN THE VALUE OF IMPORTS OF MAJOR COMMODITY DIVISIONS.
THE 10
PERIOD
COMPARING THE FIRST SEVEN MONTHS OF 1993 WITH THE SAME IN 1992, INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN THE VALUE OF IMPORTS OF MOST MAJOR COMMODITY DIVISIONS.
23%): AND OR
MORE NOTABLE INCREASES WERE REGISTERED FOR ROAD $18,824 MILLION
VEHICLES OR
(BY 122%); ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPLIANCES, AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF (BY $11,687 MILLION OR
APPARATUS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS EQUIPMENT (BY $8,034 MILLION OR 20%); FOOTWEAR (BY $6,369 MILLION 37%); CLOTHING (BY $5,842 MILLION OR MANUFACTURED ARTICLES CONSISTING OF MAINLY BABY CARRIAGES, TOYS, GAMES 14%); AND MISCELLANEOUS AND SPORTING GOODS (BY $4,982 MILLION OR 13%).
OVER THE SAME PERIOD, A DECREASE IN THE VALUE OF RECORDED FOR TEXTILES (BY $1,797 MILLION OR 3.0%).
IMPORTS WAS
ALL THE TRADE STATISTICS DESCRIBED HERE ARE MEASURED AT CURRENT PRICES AND NO ACCOUNT HAS BEEN TAKEN OF THE CHANGES IN PRICES THE PERIODS OF COMPARISON.
BETWEEN
A SEPARATE ANALYSIS OF THE VOLUME AND EXTERNAL TRADE FOR JULY 1993 WILL BE RELEASED IN EARLY OCTOBER.
PRICE MOVEMENTS OF
DETAILED
TRADE STATISTICS ANALYSED BY COUNTRY/TERRITORY ARE PUBLISHED IN TRADE STATISTICS REPORTS.
COMMODITY AND BY
IN
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ENQUIRIES 582 4915).
NO.
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