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TABLE 3 IMPORTS FROM TEN MAJOR SOURCES
JAN.-OCT.
1983
MAJOR SOURCES
($ MN)
JAN.-OCT.
1982 ($ MN)
INCREASE/ DECREASE ($ MN)
PERCENTAGE CHANGE
CHINA
33 198
26 581
+6 618
+25
JAPAN
32 034
25 719
+6 314
+25
U.S.A.
15 542
12 675
+2 867
+23
TAIWAN
9 869
8 397
+1 471
+18
SINGAPORE
8 432
8 548
-
116
1
U.K.
6 051
5 627
+ 425
REPUBLIC OF KOREA
(SOUTH KOREA)
3 991
3 703
+ 289
+ 3
F.R. OF GERMANY
3 726
2 833
+ 893
+32
SWITZERLAND
2 571
2 149
+ 422
+20
AUSTRALIA
2 197
1 911
+ 287
+15
TABLE 41 IMPORTS BY COMMODITY SECTIONS
COMMODITY
JAN.-OCT.
1983
JAN.-OCT.
1982
SECTIONS
($ MN)
($ MN)
INCREASE/ DECREASE ($ MN)
PERCENTAGE CHANGE
MANUFACTURED GOODS
CLASSIFIED CHIEFLY
BY MATERIAL (MAINLY
TEXTILE PRODUCTS, DIAMONDS, IRON AND STEEL, AND PAPER)
38 992
32 563
+6 429
+20
MACHINERY AND TRANSPORT
EQUIPMENT
31 534
26 394
+5 139
+19
MISCELLANEOUS
MANUFACTURED ARTICLES
(MAINLY WATCHES AND
CLOCKS, ARTICLES OF
APPAREL)
25 247
20 013
+5 234
+26
FOOD AND LIVE ANIMALS
CHIEFLY FOR FOOD
14 958
13 090
+1 867
+14
/CHEMICALS AND