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FRIDAY, MAY 11, 1990

TABLE 2 ILLUSTRATES

THE

CHANGES

IN THE VALUE OF

DOMESTIC

EXPORTS OF THE MAJOR COMMODITY DIVISIONS.

SAME QUARTER IN COMPARING THE FIRST QUARTER OF 1990 WITH THE

FOR 1989, AN INCREASE IN THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS WAS REGISTERED

OR 68 PER CENT); TOBACCO AND TOBACCO MANUFACTURES (BY $288 MILLION

OR 7 PER CENT); ARTIFICIAL RESINS TEXTILES (BY $235 MILLION

AND (BY $132 MILLION PLASTIC MATERIALS, AND CELLULOSE ESTERS AND ETHERS

AUTOMATIC AND OFFICE MACHINES AND

DATA OR 17 PER CENT);

PROCESSING EQUIPMENT (BY $34 MILLION OR 1 PER CENT).

IN THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS HOWEVER, A DECREASE

WAS MACHINERY APPARATUS ELECTRICAL

AND RECORDED FOR

AND APPLIANCES (BY $516 MILLION OR 12 PER ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF

CENT), AND CLOTHING (BY $85 MILLION OR 1 PER CENT).

THE CHANGES IN THE VALUE OF IMPORTS ARE SUMMARISED IN TABLE 3.

FROM 10 MAJOR SUPPLIERS

IMPORTS

1989, THE VALUE OF BY 41 PER CENT. THOSE FROM AND ITALY ALSO INCREASED, BY PER CENT RESPECTIVELY IN

COMPARING MARCH 1990 WITH MARCH FROM THE USA INCREASED SUBSTANTIALLY, CHINA, SWITZERLAND, THE UNITED KINGDOM 15 PER CENT, 5 PER CENT, 2 PER CENT AND 2 VALUE TERMS.

FROM THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF HOWEVER, THE VALUE OF IMPORTS

DECREASED GERMANY, SINGAPORE, JAPAN, THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA AND TAIWAN

AND 1 PER CENT BY 16 PER CENT, 10 PER CENT, 5 PER CENT, 4 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY.

IMPORTS FROM THE FEDERAL ON A QUARTERLY BASIS, THE VALUE OF REPUBLIC OF GERMANY, THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA, JAPAN, THE UNITED KINGDOM,

12 PER CENT, 9 PER SINGAPORE AND TAIWAN DECREASED BY 15 PER CENT,

FIRST CENT, 6 PER CENT, 5 PER CENT AND 2 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY IN THE QUARTER OF 1990 OVER THE SAME QUARTER IN 1989.

AND ITALY INCREASED BY HOWEVER, IMPORTS FROM THE USA, CHINA

IN VALUE TERMS 18 PER CENT, 13 PER CENT AND 7 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY OVER THE SAME PERIOD OF COMPARISON.

TABLE 4 ILLUSTRATES THE CHANGES IN THE VALUE OF IMPORTS OF MAJOR COMMODITY DIVISIONS.

COMPARING THE FIRST QUARTER OF 1990 WITH THE 1989, A CONSIDERABLE INCREASE IN THE VALUE FOR CLOTHING (BY MANUFACTURED ARTICLES (BY

$1,677

I

THE

SAME QUARTER IN

CENT); OTHER

OF IMPORTS WAS RECORDED MILLION OR 19 PER

CENT);

MISCELLANEOUS $1,527 MILLION OR 21 PER TRANSPORT EQUIPMENT (BY $1,382 MILLION OR 277 PER CENT); (BY $347 MILLION OR 2 PER CENT).

AND

TEXTILES

HOWEVER, A DECREASE IN THE VALUE OF IMPORTS WAS REGISTERED

IRON AND STEEL (BY $865

MILLION OR 27 PER

METALS (BY $798 MILLION OR 33 PER CENT).

AND CENT)

FOR

NON-FERROUS

/THE CHANGES

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