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MONDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1994

THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS IN DECEMBER 1993, AT $20,582 MILLION, FELL BY 5% OVER DECEMBER 1992.

DECREASES WERE RECORDED IN THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS ΤΟ GERMANY (-28%), FRANCE (-24%), THE UNITED KINGDOM (-18%), JAPAN (-12%), CHINA (-7.3%), TAIWAN (-5.3%) AND THE NETHERLANDS (-4.8%).

HOWEVER, THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO THE UNITED STATES, SINGAPORE AND CANADA INCREASED BY 13%, 4.6% AND 3.8% RESPECTIVELY.

THE CHANGES IN THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO THE 10 MAJOR DESTINATIONS ARE SHOWN IN TABLE 3.

COMPARING THE YEAR 1993 WITH THE YEAR 1992, DECREASES WERE RECORDED IN THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO FRANCE (-14%), THE UNITED KINGDOM (-14%), GERMANY (-12%), JAPAN (-12%), THE NETHERLANDS (-7.3%), THE UNITED STATES (-6.7%), CANADA (-5.7%) AND TAIWAN (-3.7%).

HOWEVER, INCREASES OF 9.5% AND 2.3% IN VALUE WERE RECORDED FOR THOSE TO SINGAPORE AND CHINA RESPECTIVELY.

TAKING ALL DESTINATIONS TOGETHER, THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS IN THE YEAR 1993, AT $223,027 MILLION, DECREASED BY 4.7% OVER THE YEAR 1992.

TABLE 4 SHOWS THE CHANGES IN THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS OF THE 10 MAJOR COMMODITY DIVISIONS.

COMPARING THE YEAR 1993 WITH THE YEAR 1992, INCREASES IN THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS WERE REGISTERED FOR ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES, AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF (BY $2,530 MILLION OR 13%); MACHINERY SPECIALISED FOR PARTICULAR INDUSTRIES (BY $363 MILLION OR 11%); TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $295 MILLION 2.3%); AND PLASTICS IN PRIMARY FORMS (BY $75 MILLION OR 2.2%).

OVER THE SAME PERIOD, DECREASES IN THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS WERE RECORDED FOR CLOTHING (BY $5,299 MILLION OR 6.9%); OFFICE MACHINES AND AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING MACHINES (BY $3,283 MILLION 16%); AND PHOTOGRAPHIC APPARATUS, EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES, OPTICAL GOODS, WATCHES AND CLOCKS (BY $2,826 MILLION OR 15%).

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DECREASES WERE ALSO RECORDED FOR MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURED ARTICLES CONSISTING OF MAINLY JEWELLERY, GOLDSMITHS AND SILVERSMITHS' WARES (BY $1,584 MILLION OR 7.2%); TEXTILES (BY $1,046 MILLION 6.1%); AND MANUFACTURES OF METALS (BY $149 MILLION OR 3.1%).

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THE VALUE OF IMPORTS IN DECEMBER 1993 WAS $96,058 MILLION, INCREASING BY 6.5% OVER THAT IN DECEMBER 1992.

THE CHANGES IN THE VALUE OF IMPORTS FROM THE 10 MAJOR SUPPLIERS ARE SHOWN IN TABLE 5.

COMPARING DECEMBER 1993 WITH DECEMBER 1992, INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN THE VALUE OF IMPORTS FROM MALAYSIA (+37%), SINGAPORE (+19%), THE UNITED KINGDOM (+16%), CHINA (+14%), THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA (+11%), ITALY (+8.4%), GERMANY (+2.5%) AND THE UNITED STATES (+2.3%).

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