+
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DOMESTIC INCREASES WERE SINGAPORE (+16%),
CHINA
AUGUST 1994 WITH AUGUST 1993, THE VALUE OF COMPARING EXPORTS TO MALAYSIA INCREASED SIGNIFICANTLY BY 46%. ALSO RECORDED IN THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO THE NETHERLANDS (+13%), THE UNITED STATES (+12%), JAPAN (+11%), (+3.4%) AND THE UNITED KINGDOM (+0.2%).
HOWEVER, THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO CANADA, TAIWAN DECREASED BY 6.4%, 2.3% AND 1.6% RESPECTIVELY.
THE
GERMANY
IN THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO THE CHANGES DESTINATIONS ARE SHOWN IN TABLE 3.
AND
10
MAIN
FERIOD
ΤΟ
KINGDOM (-
COMPARING THE FIRST EIGHT MONTHS OF 1994 WITH THE SAME IN 1993, DECREASES WERE RECORDED IN THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS CANADA (-13%), GERMANY (-11%), CHINA (-5.9%), THE UNITED 5.9%) AND TAIWAN (−2.6%).
SINGAPORE, 6.8%,
HOWEVER, THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO MALAYSIA, THE NETHERLANDS, THE UNITED STATES AND JAPAN INCREASED BY 8.9%, 2.4%, 1.5% AND 0.3% RESPECTIVELY.
PERIOD IN
TAKING ALL, DESTINATIONS TOGETHER, THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS
DECREASED BY IN THE FIRST EIGHT MONTHS OF 1994, AT $140.3 BILLION, 2.7%
SAME OVER THE
THE 1993.
PARTLY THIS REFLECTED CONTINUED STRUCTURAL SHIFT TO RE-EXPORTS AND PARTLY THE WEAK DEMAND IN OVERSEAS MARKETS.
TABLE 4 SHOWS THE CHANGES IN THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS THE 10 PRINCIPAL COMMODITY DIVISIONS.
IN
FOR
AND
OF
PERIOD REGISTERED APPARATUS
GOODS,
COMPARING THE FIRST EIGHT MONTHS OF 1994 WITH THE SAME 1993, DECREASES IN THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS
TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING EQUIPMENT (BY $1.4 BILLION OR 16%); TEXTILES (BY $1.1 BILLION 9.9%) PHOTOGRAPHIC APPARATUS, EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES, OPTICAL
AND CLOCKS WATCHES
{BY $726
OR MILLION
6.9%); MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURED ARTICLES CONSISTING MAINLY OF JEWELLERY, GOLDSMITHS' SILVERSMITHS' WARES (BY $718 MILLION OR 5.5%); AND OFFICE MACHINES AND
0%). AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING MACHINES (BY $338 MILLION OR 3.
OVER
AND
VALUE OF
SAME
THE THE
PERIOD, A MODERATE INCREASE IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS WAS RECORDED FOR ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS APPLIANCES, AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF (BY $1.4 BILLION OR 9.3%).
VALUE THE
OF IMPORTS IN AUGUST
AT 1994, INCREASED SIGNIFICANTLY BY 18% OVER A YEAR EARLIER.
$109.7
AND
BILLION,
THE CHANGES IN THE VALUE OF IMPORTS FROM THE 10 MAIN ARE SHOWN IN TABLE 5.
SUPPLIERS
OF IMPORTS COMPARING AUGUST 1994 WITH AUGUST 1993, THE VALUE FROM ALL OF THE MAIN SUPPLIERS SHOWED INCREASES OF VARIOUS MAGNITUDES: ITALY (+32%), GERMANY (+28%), SINGAPORE (+24%), CHINA (+22%), MALAYSIA (+19%), THE UNITED KINGDOM (+17%), TAIWAN (+13%), JAPAN REPUBLIC OF KOREA (+7.4%) AND THE UNITED STATES (+4.3%),
(+10%), THE
/COMPARING THE