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TUESDAY, AUGUST 24, 1993

THE VALUE OF TOTAL EXPORTS BY AIR TO MOST OTHER MAJOR DESTINATIONS ALSO WENT UP.

MAJOR SUPPLIERS

INCREASED

AIRBORNE IMPORTS FROM ALL CONSIDERABLY IN THE FIRST HALF OF 1993, THE PERCENTAGE INCREASES IN VALUE IN THE FIRST HALF OF 1993 OVER THE SAME PERIOD JN 1992 WERE: JAPAN (+13%), THE UNITED STATES (+38%), SINGAPORE (+42%), TAIWAN (+25%) AND SWITZERLAND (+5.6%).

SIGNIFICANT INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN THE VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS BY OCEAN FOR FOOTWEAR (BY $6,155 MILLION OR 42%); MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURED ARTICLES CONSISTING OF MAINLY BABY CARRIAGES, TOYS, GAMES SPORTING GOODS (BY $5,142 MILLION OR 15%) AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $4,379 MILLION OR 24%) AS WELL AS IN THE VALUE OF IMPORTS BY OCEAN FOR ROAD VEHICLES (BY $15,625 MILLION OR 135%); AND GENERAL INDUSTRIAL MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT, AND MACHINE PARTS (BY $2,749 MILLION OR 26%).

HOWEVER, CONSIDERABLE DECREASES WERE RECORDED IN THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS BY OCEAN FOR CLOTHING (BY $2,087 MILLION OR 9.3%); AND MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURED ARTICLES CONSISTING OF MAINLY PRINTED MATTERS (BY $813 MILLION OR 17%).

COMPARING THE FIRST HALF OF 1993 WITH THE SAME PERIOD IN 1992, SIGNIFICANT INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN THE VALUE OF IMPORTS BY AIR FOR ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES, AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF (BY $6,313 MILLION OR 29%); AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $2,616 MILLION OR 60%).

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AS REGARDS EXPORTS BY AIR, INCREASES WERE RECORDED FOR RE- EXPORTS OF ELECTRICAL MACHINERY APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES, ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF (BY $2,737 MILLION OR 35%); CLOTHING $2,281 MILLION OR 32%), PHOTOGRAPHIC APPARATUS, EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES. OPTICAL GOODS, WATCHES AND CLOCKS (BY $1.132 MILLION OR 18%); AND DOMESTIC EXPORTS OF ELECTRICAL MACHINERY APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES, AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF (BY $1,491 MILLION OR 30%).

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HOWEVER, SIGNIFICANT DECREASES WERE RECORDED IN THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS BY AIR FOR CLOTHING (BY $748 MILLION OR 8.8%); AND PHOTOGRAPHIC APPARATUS, EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES, OPTICAL GOODS, WATCHES AND CLOCKS (BY $643 MILLION OR 12%).

COMPARING THE FIRST HALF OF 1993 WITH THE SAME PERIOD IN

1992, SIGNIFICANT INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN THE VALUE OF IMPORTS BY LAND FOR FOOTWEAR (BY $4,620 MILLION OR 46%); CLOTHING (BY $3,657 MILLION OR 13%), MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURED ARTICLES CONSISTING OF MAINLY BABY CARRIAGES, TOYS, GAMES AND SPORTING GOODS (BY $3,106 MILLION OR

18%); AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $2,541 MILLION OR 20%).

AS REGARDS EXPORTS BY LAND, INCREASES WERE RECORDED FOR RE- EXPORTS OF ROAD VEHICLES (BY $3,052 MILLION OR 126%); MACHINERY SPECIALISED FOR PARTICULAR INDUSTRIES (BY $1,385 MILLION OR 39%); AND ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES, AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF (BY $1,159 MILLION OR 28%); AND DOMESTIC EXPORTS TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS EQUIPMENT (BY $1,166 MILLION OR 33%).

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