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TUESDAY, JUNE 11, 1985
DOMESTIC EXPORTS AND RE-EXPORTS TOGETHER INCREASED BY 18 PER CENT.
DOMESTIC EXPORTS
COMPARING THE FIRST FOUR MONTHS OF 1985 WITH THE SAME PERIOD LAST YEAR, THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO THE U.S.A. DECREASED BY THREE PER CENT. AN ALYSED BY COMMODITY. DECREASES WERE RECORDED IN OFFICE MACHINES AND AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT (BY $535 MILLION OR 33 PER CENT) AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $385 MILLION OR 26 PER CENT). ON THE OTHER HAND, INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN CLOTHING (BY $561 MILLION OR NINE PER CENT) WATCHES AND CLOCKS (BY $42 MILLION OR FIVE PER CENT), AND POWER GENERATING MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT (BY $33 MILLION OR 44 PER CENT).
MOST COMMODITIES EXPORTED TO CHINA INCREASED RAPIDLY IN VALUE, PARTICULARLY OFFICE MACHINES AND AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT (BY $767 MILLION OR 1 660 PER CENT), TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT
AND ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, (BY $539 MILLION OR 145 PER CENT) APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES, AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF (BY $296 MILLION OR 202 PER CENT). HOWEVER, DECREASES WERE REGISTERED FOR TEXTILES (BY $101 MILLION OR 15 PER CENT) AND FEEDING STUFF FOR ANIMALS (BY $16 MILLION OR 50 PER CENT).
DECREASES IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO THE UNITED KINGDOM WERE RECORDED IN CLOTHING (BY $112 MILLION OR NINE PER CENT) AND TEXTILES (BY $83 MILLION OR 43 PER CENT). ON THE OTHER HAND, INCREASES WERE REGISTERED FOR METALLI FEROUS ORES AND METAL SCRAP (BY $80 MILLION OR 101 PER CENT), SANITARY, PLUMBING, HEATING AND LIGHTING FIXTURES AND FITTINGS (BY $3 MILLION OR 23 PER CENT) AND MISCELLANEOUS EDIBLE PRODUCTS AND PREPARATIONS (BY $3 MILLION OR 66 PER CENT).
DECREASES IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY WERE RECORDED IN CLOTHING (BY $446 MILLION OR 26 PER CENT) AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $91 MILLION OR 46 PER CENT), AS DID DOMESTIC EXPORTS OF CLOTHING TO JAPAN (BY $44 MILLION OR 11 PER CENT). HOWEVER, INCREASES WERE REGISTERED IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY OF METALLIFEROUS ORES AND METAL SCRAP (BY $47 MILLION OR 359 PER CENT) AND WATCHES AND CLOCKS (BY $29 MILLION OR 18 PER CENT) AND IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO JAPAN OF TEXTILES (BY $15 MILLION OR 52 PER CENT).
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