SUNDAY, APRIL 24, 1983
MOST COMMODITIES EXPORTED TO THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY INCREASED SLIGHTLY IN VALUE, INCLUDING CLOTHING (BY $83 MILLION OR 15%) AND WATCHES AND CLOCKS (BY $7 MILLION OR 10%). BUT, DOMESTIC EXPORTS OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT DECREASED BY $3 MILLION OR 4 PER CENT.
DECREASES IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO THE UK WERE REGISTERED FOR CLOTHING (BY $81 MILLION OR 17%) AS WELL AS PLASTIC TOYS AND DOLLS (BY $24 MILLION OR 37%).
SIGNIFICANT INCREASES WERE REGISTERED IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO CHINA OF TEXTILES (BY $63 MILLION OR 59%), AS WELL AS FEEDING STUFF FOR ANIMALS (BY $31 MILLION OR 1 037%) AND IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO JAPAN OF FISH, CRUSTACEANS AND MOLLUSCS, AND PREPARATIONS THEREOF (BY $12 MILLION OR 36%).
THE CHANGES IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS BY MAJOR COMMODITY DIVISION ARE PRESENTED BELOW:-
ARTICLES OF APPAREL AND
JAN-FEB
1983 ($ MN)
JAN-FEB
1982 ($ MN)
INCREASE/ DECREASE ($ MN)
PERCENTAGE CHANGE
4 195 3 733
+462
+12
CLOTHING ACCESSORIES
MISCELLANEOUS
MANUFACTURED ARTICLES
(MAINLY PLASTIC TOYS
AND DOLLS)
1 751
1 834
-
83
- 5
PHOTOGRAPHIC APPARATUS,
EQUIPMENT, SUPPLIES
AND OPTICAL GOODS,
WATCHES AND CLOCKS
1 184
1 065
+119
+11
ELECTRICAL MACHINERY,
APPARATUS AND
APPLIANCES (MAINLY
TRANSISTORS AND
DIODES AND HOUSEHOLD
TYPE APPLIANCES)
956
870
+ 86
+10
TEXTILE YARN, FABRICS, MADE-UP ARTICLES AND
RELATED PRODUCTS
830
728
+102
+14
TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND
SOUND RECORDING AND
REPRODUCING APPARATUS
AND EQUIPMENT
806
798
+
00
+ 1
/THE CHANGES