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THOSE TO THE NETHERLANDS, TAIWAN, FRANCE AND THE UNITED KINGDOM INCREASED BY 7%, 4%, 4% AND 3% RESPECTIVELY.

HOWEVER, THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO CANADA, THE USA JAPAN DECREASED BY 7%, 7% AND 4% RESPECTIVELY.

AND

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

OF

COMPARING JANUARY

TO NOVEMBER 1991 WITH THE

SAME PERIOD IN FOR 1990, INCREASES IN THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS WERE REGISTERED CLOTHING (BY $2,862 MILLION OR 4%); OFFICE MACHINES AND AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT (BY $1,766 MILLION OR 12%); ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, THEREOF (BY $1,762 APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES, AND ELECTRICAL PARTS MILLION OR 11%); AND TEXTILES (BY $492 MILLION OR 3%).

DECREASES

IN

THE VALUE

DOMESTIC

EXPORTS WERE OPTICAL AND

OF HOWEVER, RECORDED IN PHOTOGRAPHIC APPARATUS, EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES,

11%), MILLION OR AND WATCHES

CLOCKS (BY GOODS,

$2,180 MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURED ARTICLES (BY $1,877 MILLION OR 8%).

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

1990, INCREASES

WERE

COMPARING NOVEMBER 1991 WITH NOVEMBER RECORDED IN THE VALUE OF IMPORTS FROM CHINA, ITALY AND TAIWAN, BY 17%, 13% AND 12% RESPECTIVELY.

THOSE FROM THE USA, THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA, JAPAN AND THE UNITED KINGDOM INCREASED BY 9%, 8%, 6% AND 6% RESPECTIVELY,

THE

OF

GERMANY

HOWEVER, THE VALUE OF IMPORTS FROM SWITZERLAND, SINGAPORE

24%, BY

6% DECREASED FEDERAL REPUBLIC RESPECTIVELY.

AND

AND 3%

COMPARING

SAME PERIOD IN MAJOR

TO NOVEMBER 1991 WITH THE JANUARY 1990, INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN THE VALUE OF IMPORTS FROM MOST SUPPLIERS.

THE VALUE OF IMPORTS FROM TAIWAN, THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA, CHINA,

SUBSTANTIALLY, BY JAPAN, SINGAPORE AND THE UNITED KINGDOM INCREASED 27%, 24%, 23%, 23%, 22% AND 18% RESPECTIVELY.

ITALY THOSE FROM THE USA, THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY AND

HOWEVER, THE VALUE OF INCREASED BY 11%, 10% AND 6% RESPECTIVELY. IMPORTS FROM SWITZERLAND DECREASED BY 7%.

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

MAJOR

SAME PERIOD IN COMPARING JANUARY TO NOVEMBER 1991 WITH THE 1990, CONSIDERABLE INCREASES IN THE VALUE OF IMPORTS WERE RECORDED ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES, AND ELECTRICAL PARTS OR THEREOF (BY $13,712 MILLION OR 23%); TEXTILES (BY $12,992 MILLION 18%); CLOTHING (BY $10,578 MILLION OR 22%); AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND

REPRODUCING SOUND

AND RECORDING $9,566 MILLION OR 21%).

APPARATUS

AND

EQUIPMENT

. ( BY

/HOWEVER, DECREASES

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