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ON THE OTHER HAND, DECREASES WERE REGISTERED FOR ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES, AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF (BY $906 MILLION OR 16 PER CENT) AS WELL AS TEXTILES (BY $646 MILLION OR 12 PER CENT).
DECREASES IN IMPORTS FROM THE U.S. WERE MOSTLY OF ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES, AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF (BY $1 152 MILLION OR 34 PER CENT); NON-METALLIC MINERAL MANUFACTURES (BY $493 MILLION OR 49 PER CENT) AS WELL AS TEXTILE FIBRES (OTHER THAN WOOL TOPS) AND THE IR WASTES (BY $398 MILLION OR 68 PER CENT). HOWEVER, INCREASES WERE REGISTERED IN INORGANIC CHEMICALS (BY $293 MILLION OR 249 PER CENT) AS WELL AS PHOTOGRAPHIC APPARATUS, EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES, OPTICAL GOODS, WATCHES AND CLOCKS (BY $190 MILLION OR 45 PER CENT).
MEANWHILE, INCREASES WERE REGISTERED IN IMPORTS FROM TAIWAN OF TEXTILES (BY $1 142 MILLION OR 27 PER CENT) AND MACHINERY SPECIALISED FOR PARTICULAR INDUSTRIES (BY $405 MILLION OR 258 PER CENT). HOWEVER, A DECREASE WAS REGISTERED FOR IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL (BY $32 MILLION OR 7 PER CENT).
AS FOR IMPORTS FROM SINGAPORE, DECREASES WERE RECORDED IN PETROLEUM, PETROLEUM PRODUCTS AND RELATED MATERIALS (BY $603 MILLION OR 12 PER CENT) AS WELL AS ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES, AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF (BY $269 MILLION OR 26 PER CENT). HOWEVER, AN INCREASE WAS REGISTERED FOR TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $172 MILLION OR 47 PER CENT).
TABLE 4 ILLUSTRATES THE CHANGES IN IMPORTS BY MAJOR COMMODITY DIVISION.
THE CHANGES IN RE-EXPORTS TO THE TEN MAJOR MARKETS ARE SHOW IN TABLE 5.
COMPARING THE FIRST NINE MONTHS OF 1985 WITH THE SAME PERIOD LAST YEAR, THE VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS TO CHINA INCREASED BY 103 PER CENT, ANALYSED BY COMMODITY, INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $2 870 MILLION OR 209 PER CENT); TEXTILES (BY $2 585 MILLION OR 59 PER CENT) AS WELL AS ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES, AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF (BY $2 196 MILLION OR 172 PER CENT).
ON THE OTHER HAND, DECREASES WERE RECORDED IN MANUFACTURED FERTILIZERS (BY $50 MILLION OR 38 PER CENT) AND TEXTILE FIBRES (OTHER THAN WOOL TOPS) AND THE IR WASTES (BY $59 MILLION OR 19 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 $961 MİLLION OR 59 PER CENT); TRAVEL GOODS, HANDBAGS AND SIMILAR CONTAINERS (BY $351 MILLION OR 64 PER CENT) AS WELL AS CLOTHING (BY $250 MILLION OR 10 PER CENT).
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