SUNDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1982
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DECREASES IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO THE UNITED KINGDOM WERE REGISTERED FOR CLOTHING (BY $207 MILLION OR SEVEN PER CENT) AS WELL AS TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $149 MILLION OR 30 PER CENT).
MOST COMMODITIES EXPORTED TO THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY DECLINED IN VALUE, INCLUDING TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $92 MILLION OR 19 PER CENT) AND CLOTHING (BY $67 MILLION OR TWO PER CENT). HOWEVER, DOMESTIC EXPORTS OF ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES INCREASED BY $38 MILLION OR 16 PER CENT.
SIGNIFICANT INCREASES WERE REGISTERED IN THE DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO CHINA OF TEXTILES (BY $236 MILLION OR 47 PER CENT) AS WELL AS TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $197 MILLION OR 57 PER CENT) AND IN THE DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO JAPAN OF CLOTHING (BY $185 MILLION OR 20 PER CENT).
AN ANALYSIS OF CHANGES IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS BY MAJOR COMMODITY DIVISIONS ARE PRESENTED BELOW
JAN.-OCT. 1982 ($ MN)
JAN.-OCT. 1981 ($ MN)
INCREASE/ DECREASE ($ MN)
PERCENTAGE CHANGE
(%)
ARTICLES OF
23 394
22 877
517
+
APPAREL AND
CLOTHING
ACCESSORIES
MISCELLANEOUS
13 030
10 831
+2 199
+20
MANUFACTURED
ARTICLES
(MAINLY
PLASTIC
TOYS AND
DOLLS)
PHOTOGRAPHIC
6 389
6 612
223
-
- 3
APPARATUS,
OPTICAL
GOODS
WATCHES AND
CLOCKS
ELECTRICAL
4 954
4 798
156
3
MACHINERY,
APPARATUS
AND
APPLIANCES
(MAINLY
TRANSISTORS
AND DIODES
AND
HOUSEHOLD
TYPE
APPLIANCES)
TELE-COMMUNICATIONS AND