TELE-
COMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND
RECORDING AND
REPRODUCING
APPARATUS AND
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1982
3
4 727
4 553
174
EQUIPMENT
TEXTILE YARN,
4 032
4 331
300
-7
FABRICS,
MADE-UP
ARTICLES
AND RELATED
PRODUCTS
THE CHANGES IN IMPORTS FROM THE TEN MAJOR SOURCES ARE SUMMARISED AS FOLLOWS
JAN.-OCT. 1982 ($ MN)
JAN.-OCT. 1981 ($ MN)
INCREASE/ DECREASE
PERCENTAGE CHANGE
($ MN)
(%)
CHINA
26 581
23 609
+2 972
+13
JAPAN
25 719
26 370
651
2
U.S.A.
12 675
12 027
647
+
5
SINGAPORE
8 548
8 710
162
2
TA IWAN
8 397
8 787
389
U.K.
5 627
5 023
+
604
+12
REPUBLIC OF
3 703
4 496
793
-18
KOREA
(SOUTH
KOREA)
F.R. OF
2 833
2 773
60
+ 2
GERMANY
SWITZERLAND
2 149
2 327
178
8
AUSTRALIA
1 911
1 669
241
+14
LOCAL DEMAND FOR IMPORTED GOODS FROM CHINA REMAINED STRONG. INCREASES WERE RECORDED MAINLY IN CLOTHING (BY $898 MILLION OR 31 PER CENT), IRON AND STEEL (BY $366 MILLION OR 96 PER CENT), MEAT AND MEAT PREPARATIONS (BY $272 MILLION OR 39 PER CENT) AND LIVE ANIMALS CHIEFLY FOR FOOD (BY $177 MILLION OR 12 PER CENT).
/AS FOR