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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 24, 1994

AND SINGAPORE

OVER

THE VALUE OF TOTAL EXPORTS BY AIR TO JAPAN INCREASED BY 21% AND 14% RESPECTIVELY IN THE FIRST HALF OF 1994

HOWEVER, THE VALUE OF AIRBORNE TOTAL EXPORTS THE SAME PERIOD IN 1993. TO TAIWAN DECREASED BY 2.8%.

AIRBORNE IMPORTS FROM ALL MAIN SUPPLIERS INCREASED CONSIDERABLY IN THE IN THE FIRST HALF OF 1994. THE PERCENTAGE INCREASES IN VALUE

(+26%), FIRST HALF OF 1994 OVER THE SAME PERIOD IN 1993 WERE: TAIWAN SWITZERLAND (+26%), SINGAPORE (+19%), JAPAN (+16%) STATES (+15%).

AND THE UNITED

AIR WITH

TABLE 3 SHOWS CHANGES IN VALUE OF EXTERNAL TRADE BY MAIN TRADING PARTNERS IN THE FIRST HALF OF 1994 COMPARED WITH THE SAME PERIOD IN 1993.

BY MORE DETAILED FIGURES ON CHANGES IN VALUE OF EXTERNAL TRADE

PERIOD IN 1993 OCEAN BETWEEN THE FIRST HALF OF 1994 AND THE SAME ANALYSED BY PRINCIPAL COMMODITY DIVISION ARE SHOWN IN TABLE 4.

BY

SIGNIFICANT INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS

RECORDING AND REPRODUCING OCEAN FOR TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND

32%); MISCELLANEOUS APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $7.3 BILLION OR MANUFACTURED ARTICLES CONSISTING MAINLY OF BABY CARRIAGES, TOYS, GAMES (BY $3.4 AND SPORTING GOODS (BY $3.5 BILLION OR 8.9%); AND FOOTWEAR BILLION OR 16%).

LARGE INCREASES WERE ALSO RECORDED IN VALUE OF IMPORTS BY OCEAN AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND FOR TEXTILES (BY $6.8 BILLION OR 21%);

EQUIPMENT (BY $6.3 SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND BILLION OR 36%).

HOWEVER, A

IN VALUE OF CONSIDERABLE DECREASE WAS RECORDED

OR 23%). $6.2 BILLION (BY FOR ROAD VEHICLES

IMPORTS BY OCEAN DECREASES WERE ALSO RECORDED IN VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS BY OCEAN FOR

AND MISCELLANEOUS TEXTILES (BY $633 MILLION OR 14%);

OF PRINTED MATTER (BY

ARTICLES

9.8%).

CONSISTING

MAINLY

$403

MANUFACTURED

MILLION

OR

CHANGES

IN VALUE OF EXTERNAL TRADE BY AIR BETWEEN

1993 ANALYSED BY HALF

AND OF 1994

THE SAME PERIOD IN COMMODITY DIVISION ARE SHOWN IN TABLE 5.

THE FIRST PRINCIPAL

1993,

AIR FOR PARTS

COMPARING THE FIRST HALF OF 1994 WITH THE SAME PERIOD IN SIGNIFICANT INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN VALUE OF IMPORTS BY ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES, AND ELECTRICAL

MINERAL MANUFACTURES THEREOF (BY $6.1 BILLION OR 22%); NON-METALLIC

RECORDING (BY $2.4 BILLION OR 22%); AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $2.1 BILLION OR 31%).

MACHINERY, ELECTRICAL

RECORDED FOR RE- AND APPLIANCES,

AS REGARDS EXPORTS BY AIR, INCREASES WERE

AND APPARATUS EXPORTS OF ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF (BY $2.3 BILLION OR 22%); OFFICE MACHINES AND

MILLION (BY $789 MACHINES AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING

AND EQUIPMENT

SUPPLIES, $769 MACHINERY,

PHOTOGRAPHIC

WATCHES AND

APPARATUS,

(BY CLOCKS

EXPORTS

OF ELECTRICAL

MILLION

OR 10%);

AND APPARATUS

OPTICAL AND APPLIANCES

OR 18%); GOODS, DOMESTIC AND

ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF (BY $1.2 BILLION OR 18%).

/HOWEVER, SIGNIFICANT