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However, the value of domestic exports to Germany decreased by 3.3%.

Taking all destinations together, the value of domestic exports in the first four months of 1995, at $67.5 billion increased markedly, by 9.9% over the same period in 1994.

Table 4 shows changes in the value of domestic exports of ten principal commodity divisions.

Comparing the first four months of 1995 with the same period in 1994, increases in the value of domestic exports were registered for electrical machinery, apparatus and appliances, and electrical parts thereof (by $1.6 billion or 23%); clothing (by $1.6 billion or 9.3%); office machines and automatic data processing machines (by $1.3 billion or 26%); photographic apparatus, equipment and supplies, optical goods, watches and clocks (by $743 million or 17%); and plastics in primary forms (by $357 million or 31%).

Over the same period, decreases in the value of domestic exports were recorded for telecommunications and sound recording and reproducing apparatus and equipment (by $147 million or 4.2%); and machinery specialised for particular industries (by $136 million or 13%).

The value of imports continued to increase substantially, by 20% over a year earlier to $122.8 billion in April 1995.

Changes in the value of imports from ten main suppliers are shown in Table 5.

Comparing April 1995 with April 1994, the value of imports from all main suppliers showed increases of various magnitudes: France (+138%), Malaysia (+44%). the United States (+35%), Germany (+33%), Singapore (+30%). Taiwan (+23%), South Korea (+17%), Japan (+16%), China (+12%) and the United Kingdom (+8.9%).

Comparing the first four months of 1995 with the same period in 1994, the value of imports from all main suppliers showed increases of various magnitudes: France (+103%), Singapore (+49%), Malaysia (+43%). South Korea (+32%), the United States (+31%), Taiwan (+27%), Japan (+22%), Germany (+21%), China (+20%) and the United Kingdom (+16%),

The value of imports in the first four months of 1995, at $449.0 billion, increased markedly, by 25% over the same period in 1994.