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SATURDAY, APRIL 13, 1985
MOST COMMODITIES EXPORTED TO CHINA INCREASED IN VALUE, PARTICULARLY OFFICE MACHINES AND AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT (BY $380 MILLION OR 1 981 PER CENT), TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $288 MILLION OR 178 PER CENT), AND ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES, AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF (BY $155 MILLION OR 271 PER CENT). HOWEVER, DECREASES WERE REGISTERED FOR TEXTILES (BY $23 MILLION OR EIGHT PER CENT) AND FEEDING STUFF FOR ANIMALS (BY $5 MILLION OR 44 PER CENT).
INCREASES IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY WERE REGISTERED FOR METALLIFEROUS ORES AND METAL SCRAP (BY $32 MILLION OR 619 PER CENT), WATCHES AND CLOCKS (BY $27 MILLION OR 31 PER CENT) AND ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES, AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF (BY $11 MILLION OR 19 PER CENT). ON THE OTHER HAND, DECREASES WERE RECORDED IN CLOTHING (BY $83 MILLION OR NINE PER CENT) AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $48 MILLION OR 47 PER CENT).
MEANWHILE, INCREASES WERE REGISTERED IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO THE UNITED KINGDOM OF CLOTHING (BY $98 MILLION OR 18 PER CENT) AND METALL IFEROUS ORES AND METAL SCRAP (BY $37 MILLION OR 110 PER CENT)= AND IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO CANADA OF CLOTHING (BY $59 MILLION OR 24 PER CENT).
DEMAND FOR GOODS IMPORTED FROM CHINA DECREASED SLIGHTLY IN THE FIRST TWO MONTHS OF 1985 COMPARED WITH THE SAME PERIOD LAST YEAR. DECREASES WERE MAINLY RECORDED IN TEXTILE YARN, FABRICS, MADE UP ARTICLES AND RELATED PRODUCTS (BY $397 MILLION OR 19 PER CENT), AND MEAT AND MEAT PREPARATIONS (BY $101 MILLION OR 32 PER CENT). NEVERTHELESS, INCREASES WERE STILL RECORDED IN CLOTHING (BY $186 MILLION OR 15 PER CENT), TEXTILE FIBRES (OTHER THAN WOOL TOPS) AND THEIR WASTES (BY $130 MILLION OR 49 PER CENT), HIDES, SKINS AND FURSKINS, RAW (BY $89 MILLION OR 1 340 PER CENT) TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $88 MILLION OR 63 PER CENT) AND TRAVEL GOODS, HANDBAGS AND SIMILAR CONTAINERS (BY $88 MILLION OR 61 PER CENT).
AS FOR IMPORTS FROM JAPAN, INCREASES WERE REGISTERED FOR TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $480 MILLION OR 73 PER CENT) AND ROAD AND AIR CUSHION VEHICLES (BY $377 MILLION OR 84 PER CENT). HOWEVER, DECREASES WERE REGISTERED FOR TEXTILES (BY $124 MILLION OR 13 PER CENT) AND IRON AND STEEL (BY $70 MILLION OR 17 PER CENT).
INCREASES IN IMPORTS FROM THE U.S.A. WERE MOSTLY OF TOBACCO AND TOBACCO MANUFACTURES (BY $201 MILLION OR 107 PER CENT), OFFICE MACHINES AND AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT (BY $165 MILLION OR 47 PER CENT), AND MANUFACTURES OF METAL (BY $63 MILLION OR 136 PER CENT). ON THE OTHER HAND, DECREASES WERE REGISTERED IN TEXTILE FIBRES (OTHER THAN WOOL TOPS) AND THEIR WASTES (BY $72 MILLION OR 49 PER CENT) AND ORGANIC CHEMICALS (BY $29 MILLION OR 21 PER CENT).
/MEANWHILE, DECREASES