THURSDAY, MARCH 14, 1985
DEMAND FOR GOODS IMPORTED FROM CHINA REMAINED STRONG. INCREASES WERE RECORDED MAINLY IN CLOTHING (BY $157 MILLION OR 23 PER CENT), TEXTILE FIBRES (OTHER THAN WOOL TOPS) AND THEIR WASTES (BY $99 MILLION OR 80 PER CENT), BABY CARRIAGES, TOYS, GAMES AND SPORTING GOODS (BY $53 MILLION OR 111 PER CENT), TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $51 MILLION OR 59 PER CENT) AND TRAVEL GOODS, HANDBAGS AND SIMILAR CONTAINERS (BY $47 MILLION OR 53 PER CENT).
AS FOR IMPORTS FROM JAPAN, INCREASES WERE REGISTERED FOR TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $248 MILLION OR 82 PER CENT) AND ROAD AND AIR CUSHION VEHICLES (BY $205 MILLION OR 96 PER CENT). HOWEVER, DECREASES WERE REGISTERED FOR CRUDE ANIMAL AND VEGETABLE MATERIALS (BY $20 MILLION OR 48 PER CENT) AND IRON AND STEEL (BY $15 MILLION CR 7 PER CENT).
INCREASES IN IMPORTS FROM THE U.S.A. WERE MOSTLY OF OFFICE MACHINES AND AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT (BY $121 MILLION OR 68 PER CENT), TOBACCO AND TOBACCO MANUFACTURES (BY $97 MILLION OR 85 PER CENT), AND MANUFACTURES OF METAL (BY $58 MILLION OR 234 PER CENT). ON THE OTHER HAND, DECREASES WERE REGISTERED IN ORGANIC CHEMICALS (BY $43 MILLION OR 50 PER CENT), AND ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES, AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF (BY $33 MILLION OR 10 PER CENT).
MEANWHILE, DECREASES WERE REGISTERED IN IMPORTS FROM TAIWAN OF VEGETABLES AND FRUIT (BY $19 MILLION OR 42 PER CENT) AND IN IMPORTS FROM SINGAPORE OF TRANSPORT EQUIPMENT OTHER THAN ROAD AND AIR CUSHION VEHICLES (BY $28 MILLION OR 99 PER CENT). HOWEVER, IMPORTS OF TEXTILES FROM TAIWAN INCREASED (BY $156 MILLION OR 27 PER CENT), AS DID IMPORTS OF PETROLEUM, PETROLEUM PRODUCTS AND RELATED MATERIALS FROM SINGAPORE (BY $179 MILLION OR 35 PER CENT).
SIGNIFICANT INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN RE-EXPORTS TO CHINA (BY $2 415 MILLION OR 149 PER CENT), U.S.A. (BY $243 MILLION OR 25 PER CENT) JAPAN (BY $212 MILLION OR 67 PER CENT). MACAU (BY $92 MILLION OR 56 PER CENT), PHILIPPINES (BY $52 MILLION OR $5 55 PER CENT), THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA (SOUTH KOREA) (BY $52 MILLION OR 21 PER CENT), THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY (BY $32 MILLION OR 41 PER CENT) AND FRANCE (BY $18 MILLION OR 49 PER CENT). ON THE OTHER HAND, DECLINES WERE REGISTERED IN RE-EXPORTS TO INDONESIA (BY $127 MILLION OR 37 PER CENT) AND SINGAPORE (BY $34 MILLION OR 8 PER CENT),
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