MONDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1982
INCREASES IN VALUE WERE REGISTERED IN IMPORTS OF WATCHES AND CLOCKS FROM SINGAPORE (BY $33 MILLION OR 13 PER CENT) AND ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES FROM TAIWAN
(BY $279 MILLION OR 35 PER CENT). IMPORTS OF TEXTILES FROM TAIWAN DECLINED (BY $418 MILLION OR 15 PER CENT).
THE FOLLOWING TABLE ILLUSTRATES THE MORE IMPORTANT CHANGES IN IMPORTS BY COMMODITY SECTION:-
JAN.-AUG. 1982 JAN.-AUG. 1981
($ MN)
($ MN)
INCREASE/
DECREASE PERCENTAGE ($ MN) CHANGE
MANUFACTURED
GOODS
CLASS IF JED
CHIEFLY BY
MATERIAL
(MAINLY
TEXTILE
PRODUCTS,
DIAMONDS
IRON AND STEEL,
AND PAPER)
26 194
26 043
151
1
MACHINERY AND
TRANSPORT
EQUIPMENT
21 097
21 045
52
INSIGNIFICANT
MISCELLANEOUS
MANUFACTURED
ARTICLES (MAINLY
WATCHES AND
CLOCKS, ARTICLES
OF APPAREL)
15 621
14 606
+1 015
+7
FOOD AND LIVE
ANIMALS CHIEFLY
FOR FOOD
10 206
8 646
+1 560
+18
MINERAL FUELS,
LUBRICANTS AND
RELATED
MATERIALS
7 381
7 275
106
+1
CHEMICALS AND
RELATED.
PRODUCTS
6 226
5 798
428
+7
'SUBSTANTIAL GROWTH