15 markets absorbed about _54_ percent of the increase in exports from the FCSK in 1990, and 82 percent of tbis increase in 1991. As a result, the share of Germany in Czechoslovak exports increased by 15 percentage points between 1989 and 1991. The German share in Hungarian exports to the OECD was slightly lower than that of other CEE-5 countries, but Germany took three quarters of the increase in Hungarian exports to the EC in 1991. Poland reoriented its exports to Germany in a dramatic fashion in 1991: its exports in current prices to EFTA, North America and Japan contracted, to other EC-9 countries stagnated, but to Germany grew by more than US$1 billion. Germany's share in OECD exports of the troika increased from 33 percent in 1989 to 45 percent in 1991.

Moreover, Germany's share in CEE-5 exports to the EC-10 increased significantly in nearly all major product categories. The only exceptions were ores and nonferrous metals for Czechoslovak, Hungarian and Romanian exports and raw materials for Hungarian and Rom; . al exports. The largest increases in Germany's share in exports to the EC were: for Bulgara, mineral fuels (from 7.5 percent in 1989 to 62.2 percent in 1991) and raw materials (18.3 percent to 36 percent); for the FCSK, manufactures (43.4 percent to 61.5 percent) and agricultural products (55.8 percent to 69.6 percent); for Hungary, agricultural products (37.1 percent to 47.2 percent) and manufactures (56 percent to 62.4 percent); for Poland, mineral fuels (32.5 percent to 54.5 percent) and manufactures (46.5 percent to 59.7 percent); and for Rom.; i, mineral fuels (0.7 percent to 5.6 percent) and agricultural products (40.1 percent to 52.9 perc&-at).

Table 6: Share of the CEE-5 in Gern lmports, by Major Product Categories, in 1989 **_an1_** 1991, and the Percent Chag in Share betwn 1989 an 1991

||BU<br>1959|LGARI<br>1991|A<br>Change<br>in perce|CZ<br> <br>1989<br>nt|ECHOS<br>1991|LOVAKIA<br>Change<br>in perce|<br>HU<br> <br>1989<br>nt|NGARY<br>1991|Change<br>in percent|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|Foods and Feeds<br>RawMaterials<br>Ores 2 Non-Ferrous Metals<br>MineralFuels<br>Manufactures<br>Total all c_oditfes|0.14<br>0.08<br>0.06<br>0.02<br>0.05<br>0.07|0.18<br>0.11<br>0.24<br>0.02<br>0.07<br>0.08|36<br>46<br>309<br>-5<br>21<br>28|0.46<br>1.02<br>0.36<br>0.99<br>0.43<br>0.49|0.52<br>0.87<br>0.92<br>0.60<br>0.84<br>0.79|13<br>-15<br>153<br>-40<br>94<br>60|1 01<br>0.58<br>047<br>0.32<br>0.49<br>0.53|1.31<br>0.67<br>0.52<br>0.26<br>0.63<br>0.66|29<br>16<br>11<br>-18<br>30<br>25|
||P|OLAND||R_|OANIA||CE-|3||
|Foods and Feeds<br>Raw Materials<br>Ores L Non-Ferrous Metals<br>Mineral Fuels<br>Manufactures<br>Totataltcoidities|1.38<br>0.85<br>1.96<br>0.80<br>0.49<br>0.71|1.50<br>1.44<br>3.94<br>1.16<br>0.92<br> <br>1.13|9<br>70<br>101<br>44<br>87<br>59|0.15<br>0.31<br>0.46<br>0.03<br>0.36<br>0.30|<br>0.12<br>0.10<br>0.12<br>0.03<br>0.22<br> <br>0.19|-21<br>-66<br>-75<br>10<br>-37<br>-38|2.85<br>2.45<br>2.79<br>2.10<br>1.41<br>1.73|3.32<br>2.98<br>5.38<br>2.01<br>2.39<br>2.58|17<br>22<br>93<br>-4<br>69<br>49|

Source: See Table 1.

As a result of the export expansion between 1989 and 1991, the competitve position of the CEE-S, except for Romania (whose share fell in all product categories except for its traditional exports of oil), improved considerably in German markets for all major product categories with the exception of mineral fuels.