The exports for the U.S.A., however, decreased for the fifth consecutive year, downto 2.63 million t, a decrease of 5.4~/.. Of the exports for Southeast Asia that predominates second in the destinations, the exports for Korea were I .65 million t, a decreased of 1 6.2 o/o, whereas those for Taiwan were 2.45 million t an increase of 9.9 olo and those for China, 2.37 million t, an increase of 14.7 olo from the previous, with the exports for this area of Asia increased as a whole. Imports, was

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... milliont in 1992 F.Y., a marked decrease of 35.9 o/o from the previous year, sinking below the level of l0.0million t for the first time in five years.