TELECOMMUNICATIONS
AND SOUND RECORDING
AND REPRODUCING
APPARATUS AND
TEXTILE YARN, FABRICS,
EQUIPMENT
MADE-UP ARTICLES
AND RELATED
PRODUCTS
1
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1982
3 161
2 903
258
+9
2 791
2 852
60
THE CHANGES IN IMPORTS FROM THE TEN MAJOR SOURCES ARE SUMMARISED AS FOLLOWS:-
2
INCREASE/ PERCENTAGE
JAN.-JULY 1982
($ MN)
JAN.-JULY 1981
($ MN)
DECREASE
CHANGE
($ MN)
(%)
CHINA
18 157
15 804
+2 353
+15
JAPAN
17 903
18 278
375
2
U.S.A.
8 821
8 450
371
+4
SINGAPORE
6 057
6 025
32
+1
TAIWAN
5 959
6 135
176
3
U.K.
3 806
3 467
+ 339
+10
REPUBLIC OF KOREA
(SOUTH KOREA)
2 609
3 172
563
-18
F.R. OF GERMANY
1 952
1 924
28
+1
SWITZERLAND
1 539
1 731
192
-11
AUSTRALIA
1 360
1 062
298
+28
LOCAL DEMAND FOR IMPORTED GOODS FROM CHINA REMAINED STRONG. INCREASES WERE RECORDED MAINLY IN CLOTHING (BY $677 MILLION OR 37 PER CENT), IRON AND STEEL (BY $255 MILLION OR 105 PER CENT), MEAT AND MEAT PREPARATIONS (BY $245 MILLION OR 56 PER CENT) AND TEXTILES (BY $220 MILLION OR SEVEN PER CENT).
AS FOR IMPORTS FROM JAPAN, INCREASES WERE NOTED FOR TEXTILE FABRICS (BY $178 MILLION OR 10 PER CENT) AS WELL AS MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURED ARTICLES (MAINLY BABY CARRIAGES, TOYS, GAMES, SPORTING GOODS AND MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS AND THE ACCESSORIES) (BY $137 MILLION OR 17 PER CENT). DECREASES WERE REGISTERED FOR WATCHES AND CLOCKS (BY $330 MILLION OR 18 PER CENT), TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $278 MILLION OR 16 PER CENT), TEXTILE YARN (BY $198 MILLION OR 34 PER CENT) AND ROAD VEHICLES (BY $171 MILLION OR NINE PER CENT).
/INCREASES IN