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FRIDAY, JUNE 11, 1993

WAS YEAR.

HOWEVER, THE VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS TO TAIWAN DECREASED BY 28%.

THE

VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS IN THE FIRST FOUR MONTHS OF THIS YEAR $241,813 MILLION, 25% HIGHER THAN THAT IN THE SAME PERIOD LAST

1992, THE

COMPARING THE FIRST FOUR MONTHS OF 1993 WITH THE SAME PERIOD INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN THE VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS TO MOST OF MAJOR DESTINATIONS: CHINA (+41%), THE NETHERLANDS (+32%), THE UNITED KINGDOM (+30%), SINGAPORE (+28%), THE UNITED STATES (+25%), GERMANY (+23%), FRANCE (+22%), JAPAN (+16%) AND THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA (+5.1%).

HOWEVER, THE VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS TO TAIWAN DECREASED BY 19%.

COMPARING THE FIRST FOUR MONTHS OF 1993 WITH THE SAME PERIOD 1992, INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN THE VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS OF ALL MAJOR COMMODITY DIVISIONS.

(BY

MORE NOTABLE INCREASES WERE REGISTERED FOR ROAD VEHICLES $6,989 MILLION OR 179%); ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES, AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF (BY $5,166 MILLION OR 35%); TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $4,569 MILLION OR 31%); FOOTWEAR (BY $4,454 MILLION OR 45%); MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURED ARTICLES CONSISTING OF MAINLY BABY CARRIAGES, TOYS, GAMES AND SPORTING GOODS (BY $4,383 MILLION OR 18%); CLOTHING (BY $3,603 MILLION OR 16%); AND TEXTILES (BY $2,176 MILLION OR 12%).

AS REGARDS DOMESTIC EXPORTS, AN INCREASE OF 14% IN VALUE RECORDED FOR SINGAPORE WHEN COMPARING APRIL 1993 WITH APRIL 1992.

WAS

FOR GERMANY, CHINA, JAPAN AND MALAYSIA, THE CORRESPONDING INCREASES WERE 13%, 8.6%, 3.9% AND 1.2% RESPECTIVELY.

OVER THE SAME PERIOD, DECREASES WERE RECORDED IN THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO OTHER MAJOR DESTINATIONS : TAIWAN (-19%), THE UNITED KINGDOM (-8.4%), THE NETHERLANDS (-7.8%), THE UNITED STATES (-6.2%) AND CANADA (-3.7%),

COMPARING THE FIRST FOUR MONTHS OF 1993 WITH THE SAME PERIOD IN 1992, THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO SINGAPORE, MALAYSIA AND CHINA INCREASED BY 20%, 17% AND 15% RESPECTIVELY.

HOWEVER, DECREASES WERE RECORDED IN THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS ΤΟ OTHER MAJOR DESTINATIONS : CANADA (-12%), THE UNITED KINGDOM (-11%), THE NETHERLANDS (-8.8%), GERMANY (-8.7%), JAPAN (-6.5%), THE UNITED STATES (-6.1%) AND TAIWAN (-6.0%).

FOR ALL

DESTINATIONS TAKEN TOGETHER, THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS IN THE FIRST FOUR MONTHS OF 1993 WAS $66,524 MILLION, ABOUT THE SAME AS IN THE SAME PERIOD IN 1992.

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