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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1985
SIGNIFICANT INCREASES WERE REGISTERED IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS
TO THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY OF CLOTHING (BY $967 MILLION OR 21 PER CENT) AND OFFICE MACHINES AND AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT (BY $267 MILLION OR 102 PER CENT); AND IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO JAPAN OF CLOTHING (BY $727 MILLION OR 53 PER CENT).
DEMAND FOR GOODS IMPORTED FROM CHINA REMAINED STRONG IN 1984. SIGNIFICANT INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN TEXTILES (BY $4 118 MILLION OR 46 PER CENT), CLOTHING (BY $2 853 MILLION OR 44 PER CENT), TEXTILE FIBRES (OTHER THAN WOOL TOPS) AND THEIR WASTES
(BY $1 162 MILLION OR 152 PER CENT), TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $786 MILLION OR 110 PER CENT) AND BABY CARRIAGES, TOYS, GAMES AND SPORTING GOODS (BY $694 MILLION OR 167 PER CENT).
AS FOR IMPORTS FROM JAPAN, INCREASES WERE REGISTERED FOR ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES, AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF (BY $2 420 MILLION OR 44 PER CENT), AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $1 910 MILLION OR 52 PER CENT). DECREASES WERE REGISTERED FOR TRANSPORT EQUIPMENT OTHER THAN ROAD AND AIR-CUSHION VEHICLES (BY $32 MILLION OR 86 PER CENT) AND GAS, NATURAL AND MANUFACTURED (BY $14 MILLION OR 33 PER CENT).
HOWEVER,
INCREASES IN IMPORTS FROM THE U.S.A. WERE MOSTLY OF ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES, AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF (BY $1 334 MILLION OR 40 PER CENT), OFFICE MACHINES AND AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT (BY $1 215 MILLION OR 66 PER CENT), AND TEXTILE FIBRES (OTHER THAN WOOL TOPS) AND THEIR WASTES (BY $432 MILLION OR 158 PER CENT). ON THE OTHER HAND, DECREASES WERE REGISTERED IN IMPORTS OF PETROLEUM, PETROLEUM PRODUCTS AND RELATED MATERIALS (BY $172 MILLION OR 26 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 $35 MILLION OR 37 PER CENT) AND IN IMPORTS FROM SINGAPORE OF WATCHES AND CLOCKS (BY $184 MILLION OR 35 PER CENT). HOWEVER, IMPORTS OF TEXTILES FROM TAIWAN INCREASED (BY $1 820 MILLION OR 45 PER CENT), AS DID. IMPORTS OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $564 MILLION OR 254 PER CENT).
IN 1984, SIGNIFICANT INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN RE-EXPORTS TO CHINA (BY $15 882 MILLION OR 130 PER CENT), U.S.A. (BY $4 081 MILLION OR 51 PER CENT), JAPAN (BY $1 457 MILLION OR 46 PER CENT), TAIWAN (BY $1 413 MILLIÓN OR 41 PER CENT), THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA (SOUTH KOREA) (BY $1 000 MILLION OR 41 PER CENT), AUSTRALIA (BY $486 MILLION OR 52 PER CENT), MACAU (BY $468 MILLION OR 25 PER CENT) AND THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY (BY $312 MILLION OR 41 PER CENT). HOWEVER, DECLINES WERE REGISTERED IN RE-EXPORTS TO NIGERIA (BY $332 MILLION OR 60 PER CENT) AND INDONESIA (BY $230 MILLION OR SIX PER CENT).
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