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MONDAY, APRIL 13, 1992

COMPARING THE FIRST TWO MONTHS OF 1992 WITH THE SAME PERIOD 1991, THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO CANADA AND CHINA INCREASED 13% AND 9% RESPECTIVELY, WHILE THAT TO U.S.A. RECORDED LITTLE

IN

BY

CHANGE.

REPUBLIC

HOWEVER, THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO THE FEDERAL

THE NETHERLANDS AND FRANCE OF GERMANY, TAIWAN, THE UNITED KINGDOM, DECREASED BY

ΤΟ 33%, 21%,

12% 18%, 13% AND

THOSE RESPECTIVELY. SINGAPORE AND JAFAN DECREASED BY 6% AND 1% RESPECTIVELY.

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

COMPARING

OF

FOR

(BY

(BY

JANUARY TO FEBRUARY 1992 WITH THE SAME PERIOD IN 1991, INCREASES IN THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS WERE REGISTERED ELECTRIC CURRENT (BY $112 MILLION OR 96%); MANUFACTURES OF METALS

INDUSTRIES $103 MILLION OR 16%); MACHINERY SPECIALISED FOR PARTICULAR (BY $99 MILLION OR 29%); AND MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURED ARTICLES $49 MILLION OR 2%).

EXPORTS WERE MACHINES

AND OR 12%); PARTS

DECREASES HOWEVER,

IN THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC

RECORDED

TEXTILES (BY $366 MILLION OR 16%); OFFICE IN

DATA PROCESSING AUTOMATIC

EQUIPMENT (BY

MILLION $361 ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES, AND ELECTRICAL

APPARATUS, (BY $344 MILLION OR 12%); PHOTOGRAPHIC THEREOF AND SUPPLIES, OPTICAL GOODS, WATCHES AND CLOCKS (BY $328 11%); AND CLOTHING (BY $194 MILLION OR 2%).

EQUIPMENT

MILLION OR

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

COMPARING FEBRUARY 1992 WITH FEBRUARY 1991, INCREASES WERE THE VALUE RECORDED IN THE VALUE OF IMPORTS FROM ALL MAJOR SUPPLIERS.

REPUBLIC OF IMPORTS FROM THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY, TAIWAN, THE OF KOREA, CHINA, JAPAN, ITALY AND U.S.A. INCREASED SUBSTANTIALLY, 79%, 72%, 61%, 55%, 51%, 46% AND 44% RESPECTIVELY,

BY

THOSE FROM SWITZERLAND, SINGAPORE AND THE UNITED KINGDOM INCREASED BY 27%, 15% AND 15% RESPECTIVELY.

COMPARING

16%

PERIOD

IN

OF

JANUARY TO FEBRUARY 1992 WITH THE SAME 1991, SUBSTANTIAL INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN THE VALUE OF IMPORTS FROM THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY, JAPAN, ITALY, CHINA, THE REPUBLIC

RESPECTIVELY. KOREA AND TAIWAN, BY 30%, 27%, 21%, 21%, 17% AND

AND U.S.A. INCREASED BY 6%

SINGAPORE AND HOWEVER, THE VALUE OF IMPORTS FROM SWITZERLAND DECREASED BY 7% AND 2% RESPECTIVELY.

2%

THOSE FROM THE UNITED KINGDOM AND RESPECTIVELY.

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

MAJOR

COMPARING

1991, INCREASES

VEHICLES

(BY

RECORDING OR 22%);

PHOTOGRAPHIC

GOODS,

TO FEBRUARY 1992 WITH THE JANUARY

IN THE VALUE OF

REGISTERED IMPORTS WERE MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURED ARTICLES (BY $2,428 MILLION OR 35%);

AND $2,106 MILLION OR 97%); TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $1,804

APPARATUS, EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES, OPTICAL WATCHES AND CLOCKS (BY $1,036 MILLION OR 19%); $1,804 MILLION OR 20%); AND TEXTILES (BY $165 MILLION OR 1%).

SAME

PERIOD

IN

FOR

ROAD

SOUND

MILLION

CLOTHING

(BY

/HCWEVER, DECREASES