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MONDAY, AUGUST 12, 1991

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

COMPARING THE FIRST HALF OF 1991 WITH THE SAME PERIOD IN 1990, INCREASES IN THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS WERE REGISTERED FOR CLOTHING (BY $1,437 MILLION OR 5%); OFFICE MACHINES AND AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT (BY $1,294 MILLION OR 18%); ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES, AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF (BY $1,026 MILLION OR 13%); AND PHOTOGRAPHIC APPARATUS, EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES, OPTICAL GOODS, WATCHES AND CLOCKS (BY $202 MILLION OR 2%).

DOMESTIC EXPORTS OF TEXTILES INCREASED BY $158 MILLION OR 2% IN VALUE. HOWEVER, DECREASES IN THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS WERE RECORDED IN MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURED ARTICLES (BY $978 MILLION OR 8%), AND FOOTWEAR (BY $124 MILLION OR 27%).

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

COMPARING JUNE 1991 WITH JUNE 1990, INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN THE VALUE OF IMPORTS FROM MOST MAJOR SUPPLIERS.

CHINA,

BY

SIGNIFICANT INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN THE VALUE OF IMPORTS FROM TAIWAN, SINGAPORE, THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA, JAPAN AND 45%, 37%, 27%, 25% AND 22% RESPECTIVELY.

THOSE FROM

UNITED

AND KINGDOM

RESPECTIVELY. DECREASED BY 18%.

AND

3%

THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY, THE U.S.A., THE

ITALY INCREASED BY 12%, 10%, 8% HOWEVER, THE VALUE OF IMPORTS FROM SWITZERLAND

COMPARING THE FIRST HALF OF 1991 WITH THE SAME PERIOD IN 1990, INCREASES WERE

IN THE VALUE OF IMPORTS FROM ALL MAJOR SUPPLIERS.

RECORDED

THE VALUE OF IMPORTS FROM SINGAPORE, TAIWAN, THE KOREA, JAPAN, THE UNITED KINGDOM, CHINA AND THE FEDERAL GERMANY INCREASED SUBSTANTIALLY, BY 38%, 31%, 29%, 29%, 26%, 25% 15% RESPECTIVELY.

REPUBLIC OF OF REPUBLIC

AND

THOSE FROM THE U.S.A., ITALY AND SWITZERLAND INCREASED BY 4% AND 2% RESPECTIVELY.

7%

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

COMPARING THE FIRST HALF OF 1991 WITH THE SAME PERIOD IN 1990, CONSIDERABLE INCREASES IN THE VALUE OF IMPORT'S WERE RECORDED IN ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES, AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF (BY $7,783 MILLION OR 27%); TEXTILES (BY $7,410 MILLION OR 20%); TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $5,836 MILLION OR 27%); AND CLOTHING (BY $5,477 MILLION OR 24%).

/HOWEVER, DECREASES