SUNDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1985
MEANWHILE, INCREASES WERE REGISTERED IN IMPORTS FROM TAIWAN OF TEXTILES (BY $1 024 MILLION OR 28 PER CENT) AND MACHINERY SPECIALISED FOR PARTICULAR INDUSTRIES (BY $358 MILLION OR 254 PER CENT). HOWEVER, A DECREASE WAS REGISTERED FOR THE IMPORTS OF IRON
AS FOR IMPORTS FROM AND STEEL (BY $58 MILLION OR 15 PER CENT). SINGAPORE, DECREASES WERE RECORDED IN PETROLEUM, PETROLEUM PRODUCTS AND RELATED MATERIALS (BY $259 MILLION OR SIX PER CENT) AS WELL AS ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES, AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF (BY $222 MILLION OR 25 PER CENT). HOWEVER, AN INCREASE WAS REGISTERED FOR TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $261 MILLION OR 104 PER CENT).
TABLE 4 ILLUSTRATES THE CHANGES IN IMPORTS BY MAJOR COMMODITY DIVISION,
THE CHANGES IN RE-EXPORTS TO THE TEN MAJOR MARKETS ARE SHOWN IN TABLE 5.
COMPARING THE FIRST EIGHT MONTHS OF 1985 WITH THE SAME PERIOD LAST YEAR, THE VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS TO CHINA INCREASED BY 116 PER CENT. ANALYSED BY COMMODITY, INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $2 963 MILLION OR 280 PER CENT); TEXTILES (BY $2 406 MILLION OR 63 PER CENT) AS WELL AS ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES, AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF (BY $2 184 MILLION OR 206 PER CENT).
ON THE OTHER HAND, DECREASES WERE RECORDED IN MANUFACTURED FERTILIZERS (BY $47 MILLION OR 36 PER CENT) AND TEXTILE FIBRES (OTHER THAN WOOL TOPS) AND THEIR WASTES (BY $45 MILLION OR 17 PER CENT).
INCREASES IN RE-EXPORTS TO THE U.S. WERE MOSTLY OF MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURED ARTICLES (MAINLY BABY CARRIAGES, TOYS, GAMES AND SPORTING GOODS) (BY $877 MILLION OR 66 PER CENT); TRAVEL GOODS, HANDBAGS AND SIMILAR CONTAINERS (BY $316 MILLION OR 67 PER CENT) AS WELL AS CLOTHING (BY $131 MILLION OR SIX PER CENT).
HOWEVER, DECREASES WERE REGISTERED FOR VEGETABLES AND FRUIT (BY $71 MILLION OR 37 PER CENT) AS WELL AS ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES, AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF (BY $57 MILLION OR SEVEN PER CENT).
INCREASES IN RE-EXPORTS TO JAPAN WERE RECORDED IN NON-FERROUS METALS (BY $302 MILLION OR 693 PER CENT): TEXTILE FIBRES (OTHER THAN WOOL TOPS) AND THEIR WASTES (BY $168 MILLION OR 97 PER CENT) AS WELL AS FISH, CRUSTACEANS AND MOLLUSCS, AND PREPARATIONS THEREOF (BY $87 MILLION OR 31 PER CENT). HOWEVER, DECREASES WERE REGISTERED FOR NON-METALLIC MINERAL MANUFACTURES (BY $79 MILLION OR 21 PER CENT) AND TEXTILES (BY $61 MILLION OR 14 PER CENT).
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