TELECOMMUNICATIONS
AND SOUND RECORDING AND
REPRODUCING
APPARATUS AND
EQUIPMENT
TEXTILE YARN,
FABRICS,
MADE-UP
ARTICLES
AND RELATED
PRODUCTS
3
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1983
5 672
5 618
54
5 052
5 302
250
- 5
THE CHANGES IN IMPORTS FROM THE TEN MAJOR SOURCES ARE SUMMARISED AS FOLLOWS ■
INCREASE/
1982 ($ MN)
1981
DECREASE
PERCENTAGE
($ MN)
($ MN)
CHANGE
CHINA
32 935
29 510
+3 425
+12
JAPAN
31 540
32 130
590
2
U.S.A.
15 459
14 442
+1 017
+7
SINGAPORE
10 207
10 627
420
+
4
TAIWAN
10 198
10 762
564
5
U.K.
6 892
6 283
609
+10
REPUBLIC OF
4 557
5 495
937
-17
KOREA
(SOUTH KOREA)
F.R. OF GERMANY
3 506
3 383
123
+4
SWITZERLAND
2 669
2 848
179
AUSTRALIA
2 266
2 005
261
+13
LOCAL DEMAND FOR IMPORTED GOODS FROM CHINA REMAINED STRONG. INCREASES WERE RECORDED MAINLY IN CLOTHING (BY $1 006 MILLION OR 27 PER CENT), IRON AND STEEL (BY $366 MILLION OR 69 PER CENT), MEAT AND MEAT PREPARATIONS (BY $248 MILLION OR 26 PER CENT) AND FISH, CRUSTACEANS AND MOLLUSCS, AND PREPARATIONS THEREOF (BY $203 MILLION OR 26 PER CENT).
/AS FOR