23
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1994
HOWEVER, THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO CANADA, KINGDOM, GERMANY, TAIWAN AND THE NETHERLANDS DECREASED BY 8.9%, 4.6% AND 3.5% RESPECTIVELY.
THE
UNITED
23%, 14%,
THE
CHANGES IN THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO THE DESTINATIONS ARE SHOWN IN TABLE 3.
10
MAIN
COMPARING THE FIRST NINE MONTHS OF 1994 WITH THE SAME PERIOD IN 1993,
DECREASES
DOMESTIC WERE RECORDED IN THE VALUE OF CANADA (-14%), GERMANY (-11%), THE UNITED KINGDOM (-5.2%) AND TAIWAN (-2.9%).
HOWEVER, THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC
EXPORTS
ΤΟ
(-6.8%),
CHINA
ΤΟ EXPORTS
MALAYSIA,
INCREASED
BY
SINGAPORE, THE
UNITED STATES, THE NETHERLANDS AND JAPAN 9.9%, 7.6%, 2.3%, 1.8% AND 1.5% RESPECTIVELY.
TAKING ALL DESTINATIONS TOGETHER, THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS IN THE FIRST NINE MONTHS OF 1994, AT $160.2 BILLION, DECREASED SLIGHTLY BY 2.1% OVER THE SAME PERIOD IN 1993. THIS REFLECTED PARTLY THE 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.
BILLION
OF
COMPARING THE FIRST NINE MONTHS OF 1994 WITH THE SAME PERIOD IN 1993, DECREASES IN THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS WERE REGISTERED FOR TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $1.6 BILLION OR 16%); TEXTILES (BY $1.0
OR 8.6%); MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURED ARTICLES CONSISTING MAINLY OF JEWELLERY, GOLDSMITHS' AND SILVERSMITHS' WARES (BY $857 MILLION OR 5.7%); PHOTOGRAPHIC APPARATUS, EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES, OPTICAL GOODS, WATCHES AND CLOCKS (BY $769 MILLION OR 6.5%); AND MACHINERY SPECIALISED FOR PARTICULAR INDUSTRIES (BY $308 MILLION OR 11%).
OVER THE SAME PERIOD, A MODERATE INCREASE IN THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS WAS RECORDED FOR ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES, AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF (BY $1.5 BILLION OR 9.2%).
THE VALUE OF IMPORTS IN SEPTEMBER 1994, AT $113.6 INCREASED SIGNIFICANTLY BY 23% OVER A YEAR EARLIER.
BILLION,
THE CHANGES IN THE VALUE OF IMPORTS FROM THE 10 MAIN SUPPLIERS ARE SHOWN IN TABLE 5.
COMPARING SEPTEMBER 1994 WITH SEPTEMBER 1993, THE VALUE OF IMPORTS FROM ALL OF THE MAIN SUPPLIERS SHOWED INCREASES OF VARIOUS MAGNITUDES: THE UNITED KINGDOM (+38%), SINGAPORE (+37%), MALAYSIA (+33%), THE UNITED STATES (+29%), ITALY (+25%), GERMANY (+23%), JAPAN (+21%), CHINA (+20%), TAIWAN (+19%) AND THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA (+13%).
COMPARING THE FIRST NINE MONTHS OF 1994 WITH THE SAME PERIOD IN 1993, THE VALUE OF IMPORTS FROM ALL OF THE MAIN SUPPLIERS SHOWED INCREASES OF VARIOUS MAGNITUDES: SINGAPORE (+29%), ITALY (+28%), MALAYSIA (+25%), THE UNITED KINGDOM (+17%), CHINA (+17%), THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA (+15%), TAIWAN (+11%), THE UNITED STATES (+10.0%), GERMANY (+9.9%) AND JAPAN (+5.9%)
/THE VALUE