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AIRBORNE DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO THE 10 MAJOR MARKETS ARE SHOWN IN TABLE 1.

INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN THE VALUE OF AIRBORNE DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO ALL MAJOR MARKETS IN 1988 OVER 1987. PARTICULARLY TAIWAN (+76 PER CENT), SINGAPORE (+74 PER CENT), AND THE UNITED KINGDOM PER CENT).

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AIRBORNE DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO THE TOP THREE MARKETS, THE U.S.A. JAPAN AND THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY, INCREASED BY 8 PER CENT, 10 PER CENT AND 12 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY IN VALUE.

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ANALYSED BY COMMODITY, SIGNIFICANT INCREASES IN THE VALUE OF AIRBORNE DOMESTIC EXPORTS WERE RECORDED IN PHOTOGRAPHIC APPARATUS, EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES AND OPTICAL GOODS, AND WATCHES AND CLOCKS (BY $2,980 MILLION OR 28 PER CENT); OFFICE MACHINES AND AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT (BY $2,155 MILLION OR 41 PER CENT); ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF (BY $1,332 MILLION OR 29 PER CENT); AND MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURED ARTICLES, INCLUDING MAINLY JEWELLERY, GOLDSMITHS' AND SILVERSMITHS WARES, AND OTHER ARTICLES OF PRECIOUS OR SEMI-PRECIOUS MATERIALS (BY $942 MILLION OR 17 PER CENT).

DECREASES WERE RECORDED IN METALLIFEROUS ORES AND METAL SCRAP (BY $333 MILLION OR 84 PER CENT); AND SANITARY, PLUMBING, HEATING AND LIGHTING FIXTURES AND FITTINGS (BY $32 MILLLION OR 36 PER CENT).

FURTHER ANALYSIS BY COUNTRY WITHIN COMMODITY SHOWED INCREASES IN THE VALUE OF AIRBORNE DOMESTIC EXPORTS OF PHOTOGRAPHIC APPARATUS, EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES AND OPTICAL GOODS, AND WATCHES THE U.3.A. (BY $1,222 MILLION OR 32 PER

AND CLOCKS То CENT) AND TO REPUBLIC OF GERMANY (BY $255 MILLION OR 29 PER CENT); OFFICE

THE FEDERAL AND AUTOMATIC

MACHINES DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT ΤΟ THE U.S.A. MILLION OR 25 PER CENT) AND TO SINGAPORE (BY $719 MILLION OR

(BY $720

113 CENT); ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES

PER AND PARTS THEREOF TO THE U.S

ELECTRICAL (BY $425 MILLION OR 22 PER MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURED ARTICLES, INCLUDING MAINLY GOLDSMITHS' AND SILVERSMITHS' WARES, AND OTHER ARTICLES OF OR SEMI-PRECIOUS MATERIALS TO JAPAN (BY $454 MILLION OR 37 PER CENT).

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A.

CENT); AND JEWELLERY, PRECIOUS

ORES AND

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HOWEVER, DECREASES WERE RECORDED IN METALLIFEROUS METAL SCRAP TO THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY (BY $186 MILLION OR PER CENT) AND TO THE UNITED KINGDOM (BY $79 MILLION OR 88

81 SANITARY, PLUMBING, HEATING AND LIGHTING FIXTURES AND FITTINGS TO

CENT); U.S.A. (BY $30 MILLION OR 63 PER CENT); AND

THE CLOTHING ΤΟ THE U.S.A. (BY $551 MILLION OR 4 PER CENT).

AIRBORNE IMPORTS FROM THE 10 MAJOR SUPPLIERS ARE

PRESENTED

IN

TABLE 2.

IMPORTS CARRIED BY AIR FROM ALL MAJOR SUPPLIERS INCREASED VALUE IN 1988 OVER 1987.

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