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DECREASES WERE
GERMANY (-20%), JAPAN
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RECORDED IN THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS (-16%), THE UNITED KINGDOM (-16%), FRANCE 14%), THE NETHERLANDS (-11%), THE UNITED STATES (-11%) AND CHINA (- 11%). BUT INCREASES OF 5.5% 3. .3% AND 2.4% IN VALUE WERE RECORDED FOR THOSE TO TAIWAN, CANADA AND SINGAPORE RESPECTIVELY.
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THE CHANGES IN THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO THE 10 MAJOR DESTINATIONS ARE SHOWN IN TABLE 3.
COMPARING THE FIRST 10 MONTHS OF 1993 WITH THE SAME PERIOD IN 1992, DECREASES WERE RECORDED IN THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO THE UNITED KINGDOM (-14%), FRANCE (-13%), JAPAN (-13%), GERMANY (-9.6%), THE UNITED STATES (-8.7%), THE NETHERLANDS (-6.9%), CANADA (-5. 8%) AND TAIWAN (-3.7%).
HOWEVER, INCREASES OF 10% AND 3.7% IN VALUE WERE RECORDED FOR THOSE TO SINGAPORE AND CHINA RESPECTIVELY.
TAKING ALL DESTINATIONS TOGETHER, THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS IN THE FIRST 10 MONTHS OF 1993, AT $183,300 MILLION, DECREASED BY 4.6% OVER THE SAME PERIOD IN 1992.
TABLE 4 SHOWS THE CHANGES IN THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS OF THE 10 MAJOR COMMODITY DIVISIONS.
COMPARING THE FIRST 10 MONTHS OF 1993 WITH THE SAME PERIOD IN 1992, INCREASES IN THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS WERE REGISTERED FOR ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES, AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF (BY $2,014 MILLION OR 12%); MACHINERY SPECIALISED FOR PARTICULAR INDUSTRIES (BY $434 MILLION OR 17%); AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY MILLION OR 3.9%).
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OVER THE SAME PERIOD, DECREASES IN THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS WERE RECORDED FOR CLOTHING (BY $4,708 MILLION OR 7.5%); OFFICE MACHINES AND AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING MACHINES (BY $2,328 MILLION OR 14%); PHOTOGRAPHIC APPARATUS, EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES, OPTICAL GOODS, WATCHES AND CLOCKS (BY $2,295 MILLION OR 15%); MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURED ARTICLES CONSISTING OF MAINLY JEWELLERY, GOLDSMITHS AND SILVERSMITHS' WARES (BY $1,655 MILLION OR 8.9%); AND TEXTILES (BY $700 MILLION OR 4.9%}.
THE VALUE OF IMPORTS IN OCTOBER 1993 WAS $93,566 MILLION, INCREASING BY 3.9% OVER THAT IN OCTOBER 1992.
THE CHANGES IN THE VALUE OF IMPORTS FROM THE 10 MAJOR SUPPLIERS ARE SHOWN IN TABLE 5.
COMPARING OCTOBER 1993 WITH OCTOBER 1992, INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN THE VALUE OF IMPORTS FROM ITALY (+28%), MALAYSIA (+16%), SINGAPORE (+14%), THE UNITED KINGDOM (+9.7%), CHINA (+9.2%) AND TAIWAN (+2.7%).
HOWEVER,
GERMANY (-14%),
DECREASES WERE RECORDED IN THE VALUE OF IMPORTS FROM THE UNITED STATES (-6.6%), JAPAN (-4.7%) AND THE
REPUBLIC OF KOREA (-3.6%).
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