THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1983
AS FOR IMPORTS FROM JAPAN, INCREASES WERE NOTED FOR TEXTILE FABRICS (BY $171 MILLION OR FIVE PER CENT), AS WELL AS MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURED ARTICLES (MAINLY BABY CARRIAGES, TOYS, GAMES, SPORTING GOODS AND MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS AND ACCESSORIES) (BY $153 MILLION OR 10 PER CENT). DECREASES WERE REGISTERED FOR WATCHES AND CLOCKS (BY $458 MILLION OR 15 PER CENT), ROAD VEHICLES (BY $435 MILLION OR 14 PER CENT), TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $302 MILLION OR 10 PER CENT) AND TEXTILE YARN (BY $235 MILLION OR 27 PER CENT).
INCREASES IN IMPORTS FROM THE U.S.A. WERE MOSTLY OF ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES (BY $216 MILLION OR 15 PER CENT) AS WELL AS TOBACCO AND TOBACCO MANUFACTURES (BY $200 MILLION OR 30 PER CENT). ON THE OTHER HAND, DECREASES WERE REGISTERED IN IMPORTS OF ARTIFICIAL RESINS AND PLASTIC MATERIALS, AND CELLULOSE ESTERS AND ETHERS (BY $166 MILLION OR 21 PER CENT), TEXTILES (BY $88 MILLION OR 22 PER CENT) AND OFFICE MACHINES AND AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT (BY $82 MILLION OR FIVE PER CENT).
INCREASES WERE REGISTERED IN IMPORTS FROM SINGAPORE OF WATCHES AND CLOCKS (BY $72 MILLION OR 18 PER CENT) AND IN IMPORTS FROM TAIWAN OF ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES (BY $316 MILLION OR 25 PER CENT). IMPORTS OF TEXTILES FROM TAIWAN DECLINED (BY $715 MILLION OR 17 PER CENT).
THE FOLLOWING TABLE ILLUSTRATES THE MORE IMPORTANT CHANGES IN IMPORTS BY COMMODITY SECTION.
1982 ($ MN)
1981 ($ MN)
INCREASE/ DECREASE ($ MN)
PERCENTAGE CHANGE
MANUFACTURED
39 734
40 149
415
1
GOODS
CLASS IF IED
CHIEFLY BY
MATERIAL
(MAINLY TEXTILE
PRODUCTS.
DIAMONDS, IRON
AND STEEL
AND PAPER
MACHINERY AND
32 029
32 298
269
TRANSPORT
EQUIPMENT
MISCELLANEOUS
24 978
*23 179
+1 799
MANUFACTURED
ARTICLES
(MAINLY WATCHES
AND CLOCKS,
ARTICLES
APPAREL)
/FOOD AND