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FRIDAY, JANUARY 11, 1991

THE CHANGES IN THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO 10 MAJOR MARKETS ARE SHOWN IN TABLE 1.

COMPARING NOVEMBER 1990 WITH NOVEMBER 1999, THE VALUR OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO SINGAPORE AND THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY RECORDED SUBSTANTIAL INCREASES OF 68 PER CENT AND 46 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY.

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DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO TAIWAN, CHINA, THE UNITED KINGDOM, THE NETHERLANDS AND JAPAN ALSO INCREASED, BY 30 PER CENT, 26 PER CENT, PER CENT, 14 PER CENT AND 9 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY.

HOWEVER, THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO CANADA, THE USA AND AUSTRALIA DECREASED BY 10 PER CENT, 7 PER CENT AND 4 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY.

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COMPARING JANUARY TO NOVEMBER 1990 WITH THE SAME PERIOD IN 1989, SUBSTANTIAL INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN THE VALUE BXPORTS то SINGAPORE AND TAIWAN, BY 33 PER CENT AND RESPECTIVELY.

THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY, CHINA AND THE NETHERLANDS INCREASED BY 13 PER CENT, 9 PER CENT AND 5 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY.

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HOWEVER, THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO CANADA AND AUSTRALIA BOTH DECREASED BY 15 PER CENT. DOMESTIC EXPORTS ΤΟ THE KINGDOM, THE USA AND JAPAN ALSO DECREASED IN VALUR TERMS, BY CENT, 8 PER CENT AND 7 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY,

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

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COMPARING JANUARY TO NOVEMBER 1990 WITH THE SAME PERIOD IN 1989, INCREASES IN THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS WERE REGISTERED FOR PHOTOGRAPHIC APPARATUS, EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES, OPTICAL GOODS, WATCHES AND CLOCKS (BY $1,551 MILLION OR 9 PER CENT); TOBACCO AND TOBACCO MANUFACTURES (BY $973 MILLION OR 55 PER CENT); AND OFFICE MACHINES AND AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT (BY $917 MILLION OR 7 PER CENT).

DOMESTIC EXPORTS OF CLOTHING WENT UP BY $277 MILLION ALTHOUGH IN PERCENTAGE TERMS IT WAS AN INCREASE OF LESS THAN 0.5 PER CENT. THOSE OF TEXTILES INCREASED BY $217 MILLION OR 1 PER CENT IN VALUE TERMS.

HOWEVER, DECREASES IN THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS WERB RECORDED IN MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURED ARTICLES (BY $1,845 MILLION OR 7 PER CENT), AND MANUFACTURES OF METAL (BY $728 MILLION OR 15 PER CENT).

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

/COMPARING NOVEMBER