THURSDAY, JANUARY 13, 1983
INCREASES IN VALUE WERE REGISTERED IN IMPORTS FROM SINGAPORE OF WATCHES AND CLOCKS (BY $62 MILLION OR 17%) AND IN IMPORTS FROM TAIWAN OF ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES (BY $307 MILLION OR 26%). IMPORTS OF TEXTILES FROM TAIWAN DECLINED (BY $618 MILLION OR 17%).
THE FOLLOWING TABLE ILLUSTRATES THE MORE IMPORTANT CHANGES IN IMPORTS BY COMMODITY SECTION:-
JAN-NOV 1982 JAN-NOV 1981
($ MN)
($ MN)
INCREASE/ DECREASE ($ MN)
PERCENTAGE CHANGE
MANUFACTURED
GOODS CLASSIFIED
CHIEFLY BY
MATERIAL (MAINLY
TEXTILE PRODUCTS, DIAMONDS, IRON
AND STEEL, AND
PAPER)
35 850
36 349
-
499
MACHINERY AND
TRANSPORT
EQUIPMENT
29 040
29 223
-
MISCELLANEOUS
MANUFACTURED
I
1
183
- 1
ARTICLES (MAINLY
WATCHES AND
CLOCKS, ARTICLES
OF APPAREL}
22 268
20 983
+1 285
+ 6
FOOD AND LIVE
ANIMALS CHIEFLY
FOR FOOD
14 570
12 594
+1 976
+16
MINERAL FUELS
LUBRICANTS AND
RELATED MATERIALS 10 474
10 044
430
CHEMICALS AND
8 556
8 262
294
RELATED PRODUCTS
INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN RE-EXPORTS TO THE U.S.A. (BY $746 MILLION OR 17%), SAUDI ARABIA (BY $312 MILLION OR 59%), SİNGAPORE (BY $283 MILLION OR 9%), REPUBLIC OF KOREA (BY $262 MILLION OR 21 %), INDONESIA (BY $242 MILLION OR 6%), TAIWAN (BY $217 MILLION OR 10%), THE PHILIPPINES (BY $196 MILLION OR 17%) AND MACAU (BY $168 MILLION OR 13%).
ON THE OTHER HAND, DECLINES WERE REGISTERED IN RE-EXPORTS TO THE U.K. (BY $255 MILLION OR 30%) AND JAPAN (BY $206 MILLION OR 8%).
/MOST COMMODITIES