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AS FOR IMPORTS FROM JAPAN, INCREASES WERE REGISTERED FOR ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES, AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF (BY $2 340 MILLION OR 47 PER CENT), AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $1 602 MILLION OR 49 PER CENT). HOWEVER, DECREASES WERE REGISTERED FOR TRANSPORT EQUIPMENT OTHER THAN ROAD AND AIR-CUSHION VEHICLES (BY $30 MILLION OR 86 PER CENT) AND FISH, CRUSTACEANS AND MOLLUSCA, AND PREPARATIONS THEREOF (BY $16 MILLION OR FOUR PER CENT).
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 48 PER CENT), OFFICE MACHINES AND AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT (BY $959 MILLION OR 59 PER CENT), AND TEXTILE FIBRES (OTHER THAN WOOL TOPS) AND THE IR WASTES (BY $436 MILLION OR 192 PER CENT). ON THE OTHER HAND, DECREASES WERE REGISTERED IN IMPORTS OF PETROLEUM, PETROLEUM PRODUCTS AND RELATED MATERIALS (BY 3249 MILLION OR 39 PER CENT) AND COAL, COKE AND BRIQUETTES (BY $100 MILLION OR 100 PER CENT).
MEANWHILE, DECREASES WERE REGISTERED IN IMPORTS FROM TAIWAN OF OFFICE AND STATIONERY SUPPLIES (BY $30 MILLION OR 35 PER CENT) AND IN IMPORTS FROM SINGAPORE OF WATCHES AND CLOCKS (BY $185 MILLION OR 38 PER CENT). HOWEVER, IMPORTS OF TEXTILES FROM TAIWAN INCREASED (BY $1 695 MILLION OR 47 PER CENT), AS DID IMPORTS OF PETROLEUM, PETROLEUM PRODUCTS AND RELATED MATERIALS FROM SINGAPORE (BY $631 MILLION OR 12 PER CENT).
TABLE 4 ILLUSTRATES THE CHANGES IN IMPORTS BY MAJOR COMMODITY SECTIONS.
THE CHANGES IN RE-EXPORTS TO THE 10 MAJOR MARKETS ARE GIVEN IN TABLE 5.
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SIGNIFICANT INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN RE-EXPORTS TO CHINA (BY $13 508 MILLION OR 130 PER CENT), U.S.A. (BY $3 920 MILLION OR 55 PER CENT), TAIWAN (BY $1 409 MILLION OR 46 PER CENT) JAPAN (BY $1 300 MILLION OR 46 PER CENT), THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA (SOUTH KOREA) (BY $979 MILLION OR 45 PER CENT), AUSTRALIA (BY $478 MILLION OR 57 PER CENT), MACAU (BY $420 MILLION OR 25 PER CENT) AND THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY (BY $311 MILLION OR 48 PER CENT). ON THE OTHER HAND, DECLINES WERE REGISTERED IN RE-EXPORTS TO NIGERIA (BY $322 MILLION OR 67 PER CENT) AND PHILIPPINES (BY $187 MILLION OR 12 PER CENT).
THE CHANGES IN RE-EXPORTS BY MAJOR COMMODITY DIVISIONS ARE GIVEN IN TABLE 6.
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