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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1990

COMPARING SEPTEMBER 1990 WITH SEPTEMBER 1989, THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO SINGAPORE RECORDED A SUBSTANTIAL INCREASE OF 46 PER

DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY, TAIWAN, THE NETHERLANDS AND CHINA ALSO INCREASED, BY 23 PER CENT, 19 PER CENT, 18 PER CENT AND 10 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY.

CENT.

HOWEVER, THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO CANADA, THE USA,

11 PER CENT JAPAN AND AUSTRALIA DECREASED BY 20 PER CENT, 12 PER CENT,

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WAS PER CENT RESPECTIVELY, WHILE THAT TO THE AND

KINGDOM VIRTUALLY UNCHANGED.

UNITED

COMPARING JANUARY TO SEPTEMBER 1990 WITH THE SAME PERIOD IN

OF INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN THE VALUE

DOMESTIC 1989, SUBSTANTIAL

AND SINGAPORE, BY 36 PER CENT AND 27 PER EXPORTS TO TAIWAN RESPECTIVELY.

CENT

OF

THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO BOTH THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC GERMANY AND CHINA INCREASED BY 7 PER CENT, AND THAT TO THE NETHERLANDS INCREASED BY 3 PER CENT,

THE

15 PER ALSO

HOWEVER, THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO AUSTRALIA, CANADA AND UNITED KINGDOM DECREASED BY 17 PER CENT, 16 PER CENT AND CENT

DOMESTIC RESPECTIVELY.

EXPORTS TO JAPAN AND THE USA DECREASED IN VALUE TERMS, BY 10 PER CENT AND 8 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY.

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

OF

JANUARY COMPARING

ESTERS

TO SEPTEMBER 1990 WITH THE SAME PERIOD IN 1989,

INCREASES IN THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS WERE REGISTERED FOR TOBACCO AND TOBACCO MANUFACTURES (BY $764 MILLION OR 56 PER CENT);

RESINS

CELLULOSE AND PLASTIC MATERIALS, AND ARTIFICIAL ETHERS (BY

APPARATUS, MILLION OR 21 PER CENT); $562

PHOTOGRAPHIC

EQUIPMENT AND

(BY SUPPLIES, OPTICAL GOODS, WATCHES AND CLOCKS MILLION OR 4 PER CENT); AND TEXTILES (BY $12 MILLION OR LESS THAN PER CENT).

EXPORTS

AND

$535

0.5

WERE

HOWEVER,

IN DECREASES

THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC RECORDED IN MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURED ARTICLES (BY $1,819 MILLION

APPLIANCES AND 9 PER CENT), AND ELECTRICAL MACHINERY APPARATUS AND ELECTRICAL

CENT). PARTS THEREOF (BY $807 MILLION OR 6 PER EXPORTS OF CLOTHING DECREASED BY $192 MILLION OR LESS THAN CENT IN VALUE TERMS.

DOMESTIC 0.5 PER

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

WITH SEPTEMBER 1989, SEPTEMBER 1990 COMPARING

ALL THE MAJOR SUPPLIERS IMPORTS FROM INCREASE OF 41 PER CENT WAS RECORDED IN THE VALUE SWITZERLAND.

THE VALUE INCREASED. A SIGNIFICANT

OF

OF

IMPORTS

FROM

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