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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1990

OVER

SAME

VALUE THE

OF DOMESTIC PERIOD OF COMPARISON, THE EXPORTS DECREASED BY 2 PER CENT TO $142,075 MILLION, WHILE THAT OF RE- EXPORTS INCREASED BY 15 PER CENT TO $257,594 MILLION.

THUS, THE VALUE OF TOTAL EXPORTS INCREASED BY 8 PER $399,669 MILLION. THE VALUE OF IMPORTS INCREASED BY 8 PER $402,017 MILLION.

THE CHANGES

MARKETS ARE SHOWN IN

CENT ΤΟ CENT то

IN THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS

TABLE 1.

TEN ΤΟ

MAJOR

DOMESTIC

COMPARING AUGUST 1990 WITH AUGUST 1989, THE VALUE OF EXPORTS TO SINGAPORE RECORDED A SUBSTANTIAL INCREASE BY 37 PER CENT. THE FEDERAL DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO CHINA, THE NETHERLANDS, TAIWAN AND REPUBLIC OF GERMANY ALSO INCREASED BY 16 PER CENT, 13 PER CENT, 13 PER CENT AND 10 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY.

JAPAN, THE CENT, 15 PER

HOWEVER, THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO CANADA, USA, THE UNITED KINGDOM AND FRANCE DECREASED BY 16 PER CENT, 11 PER CENT, 6 PER CENT AND 4 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY.

1989, EXPORTS

COMPARING JANUARY TO AUGUST 1990 WITH THE SAME PERIOD IN SUBSTANTIAL INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC TO TAIWAN AND SINGAPORE, BY 39 PER CENT AND 24 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY,

THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO CHINA, THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF 1 GERMANY AND THE NETHERLANDS INCREASED BY 6 PER CENT, 5 PER CENT AND PER CENT RESPECTIVELY.

HOWEVER, THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO THE UNITED KINGDOM AND CANADA DECREASED BY 16 PER CENT AND 15 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY. DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO JAPAN, THE USA AND FRANCE ALSO DECREASED IN VALUE TERMS BY 10 PER CENT, 7 PER CENT AND 5 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY.

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

OF

1989,

COMPARING JANUARY TO AUGUST 1990 WITH THE SAME PERIOD IN INCREASES IN THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS WERE REGISTERED FOR TOBACCO AND TOBACCO MANUFACTURES (BY $664 MILLION OR 56 PER CENT); ARTIFICIAL. RESINS AND PLASTIC MATERIALS, AND CELLULOSE ESTERS AND ETHERS (BY 9463 MILLION OR 20 PER CENT); PHOTOGRAPHIC APPARATUS, EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES, OPTICAL GOODS, WATCHES AND CLOCKS (BY $322 MILLION OR 3 PER CENT); AND TEXTILES (BY $129 MILLION OR 1 PER CENT).

HOWEVER, DECREASES IN THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS WERE RECORDED IN MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURED ARTICLES (BY $1,553 MILLION OR 8 PER CENT) AND ELECTRICAL MACHINERY APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF (BY $769 MILLION OR 7 PER CENT). THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS OF CLOTHING WAS VIRTUALLY UNCHANGED.

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

/COMPARING AUGUST