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TUESDAY, JANUARY 17, 1984
INCREASES IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO THE UNITED KINGDOM WERE REGISTERED FOR METALLIFEROUS ORES AND METAL SCRAP (BY $619 MILLION OR 937%), OFFICE MACHINES AND AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT (BY $193 MILLION OR 303%) AND TEXTILES (BY $107 MILLION OR 26%). HOWEVER, A DECREASE WAS REGISTERED FOR OFFICE AND STATIONERY SUPPLIES (BY $23 MILLION OR 57%).
MOST COMMODITIES EXPORTED TO THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY INCREASED IN VALUE, INCLUDING CLOTHING (BY $205 MILLION OR 6%) AND OFFICE MACHINES AND AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT (BY $172 MILLION OR 330%). HOWEVER, DOMESTIC EXPORTS OF ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES, AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF DECREASED BY $17 MILLION OR 6 PER CENT.
SIGNIFICANT INCREASES WERE REGISTERED IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO CHINA OF TEXTILES (BY $604 MILLION OR 73%) AND FEEDING STUFF FOR ANIMALS (BY $101 MILLION OR 170%); AND IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO JAPAN OF METALLIFEROUS ORES AND METAL SCRAP (BY $112 MILLION OR 57%).
THE CHANGES IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS BY MAJOR COMMODITY DIVISIONS ARE PRESENTED IN TABLE 2.
THE CHANGES IN IMPORTS FROM THE TEN MAJOR SOURCES ARE SUMMARISED IN TABLE 3.
DEMAND FOR IMPORTED GOODS FROM CHINA REMAINED STRONG.
INCREASES WERE RECORDED MAINLY IN TEXTILES (BY $2 481 MILLION OR 48%); CLOTHING (BY $1 468 MILLION OR 35%); VEGETABLES AND FRUIT (BY $303 MILLION OR 20%); MEAT AND MEAT PREPARATIONS
(BY $286 MILLION OR 27%); AND CRUDE ANIMAL AND VEGETABLE MATERIALS (BY $275 MILLION OR 38%).
AS FOR IMPORTS FROM JAPAN, INCREASES WERE NOTED FOR ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES, AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF (BY $2 055 MILLION OR 72%); AND TEXTILES (BY $1 402 MILLION OR 36%). HOWEVER, DECREASES WERE REGISTERED FOR ROAD VEHICLES, INCLUDING AIR CUSHION VEHICLES (BY $462 MILLION OR 18%), AND GENERAL INDUSTRIAL MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT, AND MACHINE PARTS (BY $152 MILLION OR 11%)
INCREASES IN IMPORTS FROM THE U.S.A. WERE MOSTLY OF ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES, AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF (BY $1 409 MILLION OR 93%), PETROLEUM, PETROLEUM PRODUCTS AND RELATED MATERIALS (BY $476 MILLION OR 298%) AND OFFICE MACHINES AND AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT (BY $354 MILLION OR 28%). ON THE OTHER HAND, DECREASES WERE REGISTERED IN IMPORTS OF GENERAL INDUSTRIAL MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT, AND MACHINE PARTS (BY $136 MILLION OR 21%) AND PEARLS, PRECIOUS AND SEMI-PRECIOUS STONES UNWORKED OR WORKED (BY $98 MILLION OR 13%).
/DECREASES WERE