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TABLE 3 : IMPORTS FROM TEN MAJOR SOURCES
JAN.-SEPT. 1984
JAN.-SEPT. 1983
MAJOR SOURCES
($ MN)
($ MN)
INCREASE ($ MN)
PERCENTAGE
CHANGE
CHINA
41 256
29 013
+12 242
+ 42
JAPAN
37 928
27 798
+10 130
+ 36
U.S.A.
17 489
13 725
+ 3 764
+ 27
TAIWAN
12 513
8 670
+ 3 843
+ 44
SINGAPORE
9 092
7 236
+ 1 855
+ 26
U.K.
6 522
5 393
+ 1 129
+ 21
REPUBLIC OF KOREA
5 219
3 438
+1 781
+ 52
(SOUTH KOREA)
F.R. OF GERMANY
3 930
3 267
663
+ 20
AUSTRALIA
2 567
1 942
625
+ 32
SWITZERLAND
2 443
2 253
+
190
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TABLE 4: IMPORTS BY MAJOR COMMODITY SECTIONS
JAN.-SEPT.
COMMODITY
1984
JAN.-SEPT. 1983
SECTIONS
($ MN)
($ MN)
INCREASE ($ MN)
PERCENTAGE CHANGE
MANUFACTURED
47 758
34 057
+13 702
+ 40
GOODS
CLASSIFIED
CHIEFLY BY
MATERIAL
(MAINLY
TEXTILE
PRODUCTS,
DIAMONDS,
IRON AND
STEEL. AND
PAPER)
MACHINERY AND
40 540
27 507
+13 033
+ 47
TRANSPORT
EQUIPMENT
/MISCELLANELUS