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Table 4 shows changes in the value of domestic exports of ten principal commodity divisions.
Comparing the first four months of 1996 with the same period in 1995, increases in the value of domestic exports were registered for electrical machinery, apparatus and appliances, and electrical parts thereof (by $1.6 billion or 18%); and machinery specialised for particular industries (by $168 million or 19%).
Over the same period, decreases in the value of domestic exports were recorded for office machines and automatic data processing machines (by $1.8 billion or 29%); clothing (by $837 million or 4.5%); telecommunications and sound recording and reproducing apparatus and equipment (by $621 million or 18%); miscellaneous manufactured articles consisting mainly of jewellery, goldsmiths' and silversmiths' wares (by $466 million or 7.8%); and photographic apparatus, equipment and supplies, optical goods, watches and clocks (by $270 million or 5.2%).
Changes in the value of imports from ten main suppliers are shown in Table 5.
Comparing April 1996 with April 1995, the value of imports from most main suppliers showed increases of various magnitudes the United Kingdom (+26%). Malaysia (+25%), Italy (+18%), the United States (+15%), South Korea (+15%), Singapore (+14%), China (+12%), Germany (+7.7%) and Taiwan (+4%).
However, the value of imports from Japan decreased by 4.2%.
Comparing the first four months of 1996 with the same period in 1995, the value of imports from most main suppliers showed increases of various magnitudes : Malaysia (+30%), Italy (+24%), the United Kingdom (+21%), the United States (+15%), Singapore (+14%), Germany (+11%), China (+6.5%), South Korea (+6.3%) and Taiwan (+1.9%).
However, the value of imports from Japan decreased by 3.6%.
Taking all sources together, the value of imports in the first four months of 1996, at $480.1 billion, increased by 6.9% over the same period in 1995.
Table 6 shows changes in the value of imports of ten principal commodity
divisions.
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