text: from sub-Saharan Africa ( excluding Nigeria) totalled about $20.9 billion in 1982, compared with about $22.4 billion at the end of the 1970s. 11. It is worth comparing the exports of the sub-Saharan group with those of somt~ newly industrialized countries. In 1981 total exports from sub-Saharan Africa (excluding Nigeria) stood at $21.5 billion, \Jhile the figures for Brazil, Hong Kong, the Republic of Korea and Singapore were $23.3 billion, $21.8 bil­ lion, $21.3 billion and $21 billion respectively. 12. While exports are falling in sub-Saharan Africa, imports are rising. The growth in the value of imports was 1. 8 per cent in 112 E/ECA/Ct-1. 9/5 1981. The trade deficit (excluding Nigeria) widened from $1.2 billion in 1979 to $8.8 billion in 1981. Table VI .A.4 Exports from some African countries (Bill ions of US dollars) 1980 1981 1982 2:_/ -----------------------------------------------------------------Algeria Angola 2;./ Egypt Ethiopia Gabon Ghana a/ Ivory Coast Kenya Liberia Libyan Arab Jamahiriya· Madagascar Mauritius f.iorocco Mozanibique 2:_1 Nigeria Sudan Tunisia Uganda United Repub1 ic of Cameroon United Repub1 ic of Tanzania Zaire Zanibia Zinibabwe Total Total for other countries not Sub-Saharan Africa b/ Non-oil-exporting developing Major oil exporters c/ Developing hfrica -13.660 1.820 3.04 7 0.425 2.173 1 .!58 2. 912 1.389 o. 589 22.5 74 0.401 0.429 2.441 0.275 26.841 0.543 2.198 0.345 1.384 o. 583 1.632 1.400 1 .415 89.634 1 isted 6.678 25.551 Africa 3 3 • 2 3 7 63.075 96.312 2:.1 11.816 1.583 3.233 0.374 1. 867 0.885 2.535 1.139 0. 531 15.658 0.334 0.324 2. 318 0.268 19. 770 0.658 2.482 0.227 1.040 0.553 0.662 1.055 1.385 70.697 6.065 21.467 29.500 4 7. 244 76.744 2:_1 2:.1 2:.1 2:.1 10.74 3.4 7 !.59 11.40 2.14 14.25 2.01 20.88 28.50 36.40 64.90 ·source: International Financial Statistics, val. XXXV, No. 11 (Noven£er 19B2) and-Yearbook-lge2, and ECA secretariat. 
analysis: The text appears to be discussing the economic situation of sub-Saharan Africa, specifically the exports and imports of various countries in the region. It compares the exports of sub-Saharan Africa to those of newly industrialized countries and provides data on the trade deficit. This suggests that the text is focused on economic development and international trade.