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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 13, 1994

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

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COMPARING THE FIRST TWO MONTHS OF 1994 WITH THE SAME PERIOD 1993, DECREASES WERE RECORDED IN THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO ALL OF THE MAIN DESTINATIONS: CANADA (-17%), CHINA (-14%), JAPAN (-11%), THE NETHERLANDS (-8.5%), GERMANY (-5.4%). TAIWAN (-4.6%), MALAYSIA (−4.5%), THE UNITED STATES (−3.8%), THE UNITED KINGDOM (-1.2%) AND SINGAPORE (- 1. 1% ) .

TAKING ALL DESTINATIONS TOGETHER, THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS IN THE FIRST TWO MONTHS OF 1994, AT $28,815 MILLION, DECREASED BY 8.1% OVER THE SAME PERIOD IN 1993.

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

COMPARING THE FIRST TWO MONTHS OF 1994 WITH THE SAME PERIOD 1993, DECREASES WERE RECORDED IN THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS OF PRINCIPAL COMMODITY DIVISIONS.

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MORE NOTABLE DECREASES WERE REGISTERED FOR OFFICE MACHINES AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING MACHINES (BY $606 MILLION OR 21%); TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $479 MILLION OR 25%); PHOTOGRAPHIC APPARATUS, EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES, OPTICAL GOODS, WATCHES AND CLOCKS (BY $312 MILLION OR 13%); TEXTILES (BY $303 MILLION OR 13%); CLOTHING (BY $159 MILLION OR 1.7%); ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES, AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF (BY $140 MILLION OR 4.2%) AND MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURED ARTICLES CONSISTING MAINLY OF JEWELLERY, GOLDSMITHS' AND SILVERSMITHS' WARES (BY $34 MILLION OR 1.3%).

THE VALUE OF IMPORTS IN FEBRUARY 1994 WAS $79,305 MILLION, DECREASING BY 4.3% OVER THAT IN FEBRUARY 1993.

THE CHANGES IN THE VALUF OF IMPORTS FROM THE 10 MAIN SUPPLIERS ARE SHOWN IN TABLE 5.

COMPARING FEBRUARY 1994 WITH FEBRUARY 1993, INCREASES WERK RECORDED IN THE VALUE OF IMPORTS FROM MALAYSIA ( +18%) THE UNITED KINGDOM (+4.8%), ITALY (+3.7%) AND SINGAPORE (+3.6%).

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OVER THE SAME PERIOD, DECREASES WERE RECORDED IN THE VALUE OF IMPORTS FROM OTHER MAIN SUPPLIERS: TAIWAN (-16%), JAPAN (-15%), THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA (-6.9%), THE UNITED STATES (−3.7%), GERMANY

(-2.8%) AND CHINA (-1.2%).

COMPARING THE FIRST TWO MONTHS OF 1994 WITH THE SAME PERIOD IN 1993, THE VALUE OF IMPORTS FROM MOST OF THE MAIN SUPPLIERS INCREASED: MALAYSIA (+35%), ITALY (+23%), CHINA +15%), SINGAPORE (+13%), THE UNITED KINGDOM (+12%), THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA (+10%), TAIWAN (+3.8%), GERMANY (+2.9%) AND THE UNITED STATES (+2.9%).

HOWEVER, THE VALUE OF IMPORTS FROM JAPAN DECREASED BY 2.0%.

THE VALUE OF IMPORTS IN THE FIRST TWO MONTHS OF 1994 WAS $159,682 MILLION, AN INCREASE OF 9.2% OVER THE SAME PERIOD IN 1993.

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