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TABLE 2 ILLUSTRATES THE CHANGES IN THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS OF THE MAJOR COMMODITY DIVISIONS.

COMPARING JANUARY TO APRIL 1990 WITH THE SAME PERIOD IN 1989, AN INCREASE IN THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS WAS REGISTERED FOR TOBACCO AND TOBACCO MANUFACTURES (BY $407 MILLION OR 73 PER CENT); TEXTILES (BY $176 MILLION OR 4 PER CENT); ARTIFICIAL RESINS AND PLASTIC MATERIALS, AND CELLULOSE ESTERS AND ETHERS (BY $122 MILLION OR 11 PER CENT); AND OFFICE MACHINES AND AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT (BY $114 MILLION OR 3 PER CENT).

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HOWEVER, A DECREASE IN THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS WAS RECORDED FOR ELECTRICAL MACHINERY APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF (BY $699 MILLION OR 12 PER CENT), AND CLOTHING (BY $291 MILLION OR 2 PER CENT).

THE CHANGES IN THE VALUE OF IMPORTS FROM 10 MAJOR SUPPLIERS ARE SUMMARISED IN TABLE 3.

COMPARING APRIL 1990 WITH APRIL 1989, THE VALUE OF IMPORTS FROM SWITZERLAND, SINGAPORE AND CHINA INCREASED SIGNIFICANTLY BY 28 PER CENT,

19 PER CENT AND 17 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY. THOSE FROM THE UNITED KINGDOM, ITALY, THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY AND TAIWAN INCREASED, BY 5 PER CENT, 5 PER CENT, 4 PER CENT AND 2 PER RESPECTIVELY IN VALUE TERMS.

HOWEVER, THE VALUE OF IMPORTS FROM THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA, USA AND JAPAN DECREASED BY 4 PER CENT, 2 PER CENT AND 1 PER RESPECTIVELY.

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COMPARING JANUARY TO APRIL 1990 WITH THE SAME PERIOD IN 1989, THE VALUE OF IMPORTS FROM THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY, THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA, JAPAN, THE UNITED KINGDOM AND TAIWAN DECREASED BY 10 PER CENT, 10 PER CENT, 7 PER CENT, 3 PER CENT AND 1 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY.

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HOWEVER, IMPORTS FROM CHINA, THE USA, SWITZERLAND, ITALY SINGAPORE INCREASED IN VALUE TERMS BY 14 PER CENT, 12 PER CENT, 7 PER CENT AND 1 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY.

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

COMPARING JANUARY TO APRIL 1990 WITH THE SAME PERIOD IN 1989, A CONSIDERABLE INCREASE IN THE VALUE OF IMPORTS WAS RECORDED FOR CLOTHING (BY $2.401 MILLION OR 20 PER CENT); MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURED ARTICLES (BY $2,033 MILLION OR 20 PER CENT); TELECOMMUN ICAT LONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $1,314 MILLION OR 11 PER CENT); AND TEXTILES (BY $658 MILLION OR 3 PER CENT).

HOWEVER, A DECREASE IN THE VALUE OF IMPORTS WAS REGISTERED FOR IRON AND STEEL (BY $1,204 MILLION OR 27 PER CENT) AND NON-FERROUS METALS (BY $813 MILLION OR 26 PER CENT).

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