SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1983
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THE CHANGES IN IMPORTS FROM THE 10 MAJOR SOURCES ARE SUMMARISED IN TABLE 3.
DEMAND FOR IMPORTED GOODS FROM CHINA REMAINED STRONG. INCREASES WERE RECORDED MAINLY IN TEXTILES (BY $1 556 MILLION OR 37 PER CENT) CLOTHING (BY $1 006 MILLION OR 30 PER CENT); MEAT AND MEAT PREPARATIONS (BY $199 MILLION OR 23 PER CENT); VEGETABLES AND FRUIT (BY $193 MILLION OR 16 PER CENT), AND CRUDE ANIMAL AND VEGETABLE MATERIALS (BY $193 MILLION OR 33 PER CENT).
AS FOR IMPORTS FROM JAPAN, INCREASES WERE NOTED FOR ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES, AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF (BY $1 475 MILLION OR 63 PER CENT); AND TEXTILES (BY $969 MILLION OR 31 PER CENT).
HOWEVER, DECREASES WERE REGISTERED FOR ROAD VEHICLES (INCLUDING AIR CUSHION VEHICLES) (BY $425 MILLION OR 20 PER CENT), AND GENERAL INDUSTRIAL MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT, AND MACHINE PARTS BY $203 MILLION OR 16 PER CENT).
INCREASES IN IMPORTS FROM THE U.S.A. WERE MOSTLY OF ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES, AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF (BY $1 053 MILLION OR 86 PER CENT), PETROLEUM, PETROLEUM PRODUCTS AND RELATED MATERIALS (BY $579 MILLION OR 1 163 PER CENT) AND OFFICE MACHINES AND AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT (BY $282 MILLION OR 29 PER CENT).
ON THE OTHER HAND, DECREASES WERE REGISTERED IN IMPORTS OF GENERAL INDUSTRIAL MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT, AND MACHINE PARTS (BY $176 MILLION OR 31 PER CENT) AND PEARLS, PRECIOUS AND SEMI-PRECIOUS STONES UNWORKED OR WORKED (BY $85 MILLIÓN OR 14 PER CENT).
DECREASES WERE REGISTERED IN IMPORTS FROM TAIWAN OF IRON AND STEEL (BY $15 MILLION OR FIVE PER CENT) AND IN IMPORTS FROM SINGAPORE OF PETROLEUM, PETROLEUM PRODUCTS AND RELATED MATERIALS (BY $1 171 MILLION OR 22 PER CENT).
HOWEVER, IMPORTS OF ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES, AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF FROM TAIWAN INCREASED (BY $302 MILLION OR 25 PER CENT); AND IMPORTS OF ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES, AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF FROM SINGAPORE ALSO INCREASED (BY $288 MILLION OR 57 PER CENT).
TABLE 4 ILLUSTRATES THE MORE IMPORTANT CHANGES IN IMPORTS BY COMMODITY SECTIONS.
INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN RE-EXPORTS TO CHINA (BY $1 658 MILLION OR 28 PER CENT), U.S.A. (BY $1 348 MILLION OR 33 PER CENT), SINGAPORE (BY $636 MILLION OR 25 PER CENT), REPUBLIC OF KOREA (SOUTH KOREA) (BY$510 MILLION OR 41 PER CENT), TAIWAN (BY $394 MILLION OR 20 PER CENT), SAUDI ARABIA (BY $349 MILLION OR 51 PER CENT), THAILAND (BY $220 MILLION OR 38 PER CENT) AND CANADA (BY $216 MILLION OR 89 PER CENT).
ON THE OTHER HAND, DECLINES WERE REGISTERED IN RE-EXPORTS TO INDONESIA (BY $347 MILLION OR 11 PER CENT) AND NIGERIA (BY $254 MILLION OR 38 PER CENT).
/THE CHANGES