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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1985
DECREASES IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO THE UNITED KINGDOM WERE RECORDED IN CLOTHING (BY $578 MILLION OR 18 PER CENT): OFFICE MACHINES AND AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT (BY $254 MILLION OR 36 PER CENT) AS WELL AS ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES, AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF (BY $144 MILLION OR 32 PER CENT).
ON THE OTHER HAND, INCREASES WERE REGISTERED FOR METALL IFEROUS ORES AND METAL SCRAP (BY $9 MILLION OR 3 PER CENT) AS WELL AS SANITARY, PLUMBING, HEATING AND LIGHTING FIXTURES AND FITTINGS (BY $8 MILLION OR 18 PER CENT).
DECREASES IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY WERE RECORDED IN CLOTHING (BY $996 MILLION OR 24 PER CENT) AS WELL AS OFFICE MACHINES AND AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT (BY $199 MILLION OR 52 PER CENT). DOMESTIC EXPORTS OF CLOTHING AS WELL AS ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES, AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF TO JAPAN ALSO FELL (BY $291 MILLION OR 19 PER CENT AND BY $91 MILLION OR 44 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY).
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HOWEVER, INCREASES WERE REGISTERED IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY OF METALL IFEROUS ORES AND METAL SCRAP (BY $18 MILLION OR 18 PER CENT) AND IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO JAPAN OF PHOTOGRAPHIC APPARATUS, EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES, OPTICAL GOODS, WATCHES AND CLOCKS (BY $14 MILLION OR 5 PER CENT).
THE CHANGES IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS BY MAJOR COMMODITY
DIVISION ARE PRESENTED IN TABLE 2.
THE CHANGES IN IMPORTS FROM THE TEN MAJOR SOURCES ARE SUMMARISED IN TABLE 3.
DEMAND FOR GOODS IMPORTED FROM CHINA DECREASED IN THE FIRST NINE MONTHS OF 1985 AS COMPARED WITH THE SAME PERIOD LAST YEAR. DECREASES WERE REGISTERED FOR TEXTILES (BY $1 368 MILLION OR 14 PER CENT) PETROLEUM, PETROLEUM PRODUCTS AND RELATED MATERIALS (BY $380 MILLION OR 21 PER CENT) AS WELL AS MEAT AND MEAT PREPARATIONS (BY $359 MILLION OR 32 PER CENT).
HOWEVER, INCREASES WERE REGISTERED FOR MISCELLANEOUS
MANUFACTURED ARTICLES (MAINLY BABY CARRIAGES, TOYS, GAMES, SPORTING GOODS AS WELL AS JEWELLERY, GOLDSMITHS' AND SILVERSMITHS' WARES, AND OTHER ARTICLES OF PRECIOUS OR SEMI-PRECIOUS MATERIALS) (BY $599 MILLION OR 25 PER CENT) AS WELL AS CLOTHING (BY $367 MILLION OR 5 PER CENT).
AS FOR IMPORTS FROM JAPAN, INCREASES WERE REGISTERED FOR TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $1 242 MILLION OR 34 PER CENT) ROAD VEHICLES (INCLUDING AIR CUSHION VEHICLES) (BY $848 MILLION OR 35 PER CENT) AS WELL AS OFFICE MACHINES AND AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT (BY $572 MILLION OR 37 PER CENT).
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