WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1982
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INCREASES IN IMPORTS FROM THE U.S. WERE MOSTLY OF TOBACCO AND TOBACCO MANUFACTURES (BY $145 MILLION OR 41 PER CENT) AS WELL AS ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES AND ELECTRICAL PARTS (BY $140 MILLION OR 18 PER CENT). ON THE OTHER HAND, DECREASES WERE REGISTERED IN IMPORTS OF OFFICE MACHINES AND AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT (BY $178 MILLION OR 20 PER CENT), ARTIFICAL RESINS AND PLASTIC MATERIALS, AND CELLULOSE ESTERS AND ETHERS (BY $101 MILLION OR 20 PER CENT) AND TEXTILE FIBRES AND THE IR WASTES (BY $76 MILLION OR 18 PER CENT).
INCREASES IN VALUE WERE REGISTERED IN IMPORTS OF WATCHES AND CLOCKS FROM SINGAPORE (BY $21 MILLION OR NINE PER CENT) AND ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES AND ELECTRICAL PARTS FROM TAIWAN (BY $261 MILLION OR 39 PER CENT). IMPORTS OF TEXTILES FROM TAIWAN DECLINED (BY $306 MILLION OR 13 PER CENT).
THE FOLLOWING TABLE ILLUSTRATES THE MORE IMPORTANT CHANGES IN IMPORTS BY COMMODITY SECTION:-
INCREASE/ PERCENTAGE
JAN.-JULY 1982 JAN.-JULY 1981
($ MN)
($ MN)
DECREASE ($ MN)
CHANGE
(*)
MANUFACTURED GOODS
CLASSIFIED CHIEFLY
BY MATER FAL
(MAINLY TEXTILE
PRODUCTS,
DIAMONDS, IRON
AND STEEL, AND
PAPER)
23 113
22 732
381
+ 2
MACHINERY AND
TRANSPORT
EQUIPMENT
18 389
18 330
59
INSIGNIFICANT
MISCELLANEOUS
MANUFACTURED
ARTICLES (MAINLY
WATCHES AND
CLOCKS, ARTICLES
OF APPAREL)
13 581
12 801
780
+6
FOOD AND LIVE
ANIMALS CHIEFLY
FOR FOOD
8 784
7 434
+1 350
+18
MINERAL FUELS,
LUBRICANTS AND
RELATED MATERIALS
6 462
6 470
8 INSIGNIFICANT
CHEMICALS AND RELATED
PRODUCTS
5 457
5 032
425
/SUBSTANTIAL GROWTH