TUESDAY, JANUARY 11, 1994
DECREASES WERE RECORDED IN THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO GERMANY (-16%), THE NETHERLANDS (-15%), FRANCE (-15%), CANADA (-14%), THE UNITED KINGDOM (-9.5%), THE UNITED STATES (-5.8%), JAPAN (-5.0%), TAIWAN (-2.0%) AND CHINA (-0.4%).
HOWEVER, THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO SINGAPORE
BY 5.9%.
INCREASED
THE CHANGES IN THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO THE 10 MAJOR DESTINATIONS ARE SHOWN IN TABLE 3.
COMPARING THE FIRST 11 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 (-12%), GERMANY (-10%), THE UNITED STATES (-8.4%), THE NETHERLANDS (-7.7%), CANADA (-6.6%) AND TAIWAN (-3.5%).
HOWEVER, INCREASES OF 10% AND 3.3% IN VALUE WERE RECORDED THOSE TO SINGAPORE AND CHINA RESPECTIVELY.
FOR
TAKING ALL DESTINATIONS TOGETHER, THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS IN THE FIRST 11 MONTHS OF 1993, AT $202,444 MILLION, DECREASED BY 4.7% OVER THE SAME PERIOD IN 1992.
TABLE 4 SHOWS THE CHANGES IN THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS THE 10 MAJOR COMMODITY DIVISIONS.
OF
COMPARING THE FIRST 11 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 $2,060MILLION OR 11%); MACHINERY SPECIALISED FOR PARTICULAR INDUSTRIES (BY $374 MILLION OR 13%); AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $355 MILLION OR 3.0%).
OVER THE SAME PERIOD, DECREASES IN THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS WERE RECORDED FOR CLOTHING (BY $5,099 MILLION OR 7.4%); OFFICE MACHINES AND AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING MACHINES (BY $2,946 MILLION OR 16%); PHOTOGRAPHIC APPARATUS, EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES, OPTICAL GOODS, WATCHES AND CLOCKS (BY $2,426MILLION OR 14%); MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURED ARTICLES CONSISTING OF MAINLY JEWELLERY, GOLDSMITHS' AND SILVERSMITHS' WARES (BY $1,570 MILLION OR 7.7%); AND TEXTILES (BY $829 MILLION OR 5.3%).
THE VALUE OF IMPORTS IN NOVEMBER 1993 WAS $92,469 INCREASING BY 8.7% OVER THAT IN NOVEMBER 1992.
MILLION,
THE CHANGES IN THE VALUE OF IMPORTS FROM THE 10 MAJOR SUPPLIERS ARE SHOWN IN TABLE 5.
COMPARING NOVEMBER 1993 WITH NOVEMBER 1992, INCREASES WERB RECORDED IN THE VALUE OF IMPORTS FROM ITALY (+26%), SINGAPORE (+24%), THE UNITED KINGDOM (+21%), CHINA (+15%), GERMANY (+15%), MALAYSIA (+7.0%), TAIWAN (+6,8%) AND THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA (+1.0%).
HOWEVER, DECREASES WERE RECORDED IN THE VALUE OF IMPORTS FROM JAPAN (-11%) AND THE UNITED STATES (-2.4%).
/COMPARING THE