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The value of total exports by air to Japan and South Korea increased by 9.8% and 8.6% respectively in the first half of 1996 over the same period in 1995. However, the value of airborne total exports to Taiwan decreased by 7.2%.
In the first half of 1996, the value of airborne imports from the United States, Singapore and Taiwan increased by 16%, 8.3% and 4.3% respectively over the same period in 1995. However, the value of airborne imports from France and Japan decreased by 19% and 12% respectively.
Table 3 shows details of changes in the value of external trade by air with main trading partners in the first half of 1996 compared with the same period in 1995.
More detailed figures on changes in the value of external trade by ocean. between the first half of 1996 and the same period in 1995 analysed by principal commodity division are shown in Table 4.
Increases were recorded in the value of re-exports by ocean for electrical machinery, apparatus and appliances, and electrical parts thereof (by $4 billion or 20%); miscellaneous manufactured articles consisting mainly of baby carriages, toys, games and sporting goods (by $3.1 billion or 6%); clothing (by $2.9 billion or 9.7%); and footwear (by $2 billion or 7.2%).
An increase was also recorded in the value of imports by ocean for electrical machinery, apparatus and appliances, and electrical parts thereof (by $2.2 billion or 11%).
However, decreases were recorded in the value of imports by ocean for road vehicles (by $3.4 billion or 16%); and telecommunications and sound recording and reproducing apparatus and equipment (by $3.2 billion or 11%) and in the value of domestic exports by ocean for clothing (by $2.3 billion or 11%).
Changes in the value of external trade by air between the first half of 1996 and the same period in 1995 analysed by principal commodity division are shown in Table
5.
Comparing the first half of 1996 with the same period in 1995, significant increases were recorded in the value of imports by air for telecommunications and sound recording and reproducing apparatus and equipment (by $3.9 billion or 26%); and office machines and automatic data processing machines (by $2.2 billion or 16%).