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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1992

IN 1990.

THE LAW REFORM COMMISSION BEGAN EXAMINING THE LAW ON DIVORCE

A PUBLIC CONSULTATION EXERCISE CONDUCTED BY THE COMMISSION EARLY THIS YEAR REVEALED STRONG SUPPORT WITHIN THE COMMUNITY FOR THE CHANGES PROPOSED.

EXTERNAL TRADE STATISTICS FOR SEPTEMBER

TOTAL MERCHANDISE TRADE IN SEPTEMBER THIS YEAR, AT $168,442 MILLION, INCREASED BY 22% IN VALUE AS COMPARED WITH SEPTEMBER LAST YEAR, ACCORDING TO STATISTICS RELEASED TODAY (THURSDAY} BY CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.

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OVER THE SAME PERIOD OF COMPARISON, THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXFORTS INCREASED BY 3% TO $21,129 MILLION WHILE THAT OF RE-EXPORTS ROJE BY 28% TO $64,360 MILLION.

TAKING DOMESTIC EXPORTS AND RE-EXPORTS TOGETHER, THE VALUE OF TOTAL EXPORTS INCREASED BY 21% TO $85,489 MILLION. MEANWHILE, THE VALUE OF IMPORTS INCREASED BY 24% TO $82,952 MILLION.

THE VALUE OF TOTAL MERCHANDISE TRADE IN THE FIRST NINE MONTHS OF THIS YEAR. AT $1,356 BILLION, INCREASED BY 22% AS COMPARED WITH THE SAME PERIOD LAST YEAR.

OVER THE SAMF PERIOD OF COMPARISON, THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS INCREASED BY 2% TO $170 BILLION WHILE THAT OF RE-EXPORTS INCREASED BY 31% TO $495 BILLION.

THE VALUE OF TOTAL EXPORTS INCREASED BY 22% TO $666 BILLION WHILE THAT OF IMPORTS INCREASED BY 23% TO $690 BILLION.

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

COMPARING SEPTEMBER 1992 WITH SEPTEMBER 1991, INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO SINGAPORE (+26%), TAIWAN (+14%), CHINA (+13%) AND GERMANY (+2%).

HOWEVER, DECREASES WERE RECORDED IN THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO FRANCE (-10%), CANADA (-2%), THE UNITED KINGDOM (-2%), UNITED STATES (-1%) AND THE NETHERLANDS (-1%).

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NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGE WAS RECORDED IN THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO JAPAN,

COMPARING THE FIRST NINE MONTHS OF 1992 WITH THE SAME PERIOD IN 1991, THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO CHINA, SINGAPORE, TAIWAN, THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA INCREASED BY 15%.

RESPECTIVELY.

15% 7%, 6% AND 6%

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