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ON THE OTHER HAND, DECREASES WERE REGISTERED FOR ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES, AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF (BY $1 179 MILLION OR 16 PER CENT) AS WELL AS TEXTILE (BY $583 MILLION OR NINE PER CENT).
DECREASES IN IMPORTS FROM THE U.S. WERE MOSTLY OF
ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES, AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF (BY $1 631 MILLION OR 38 PER CENT); NON-METALLIC MINERAL MANUFACTURES (BY $511 MILLION OR 44 PER CENT) AS WELL AS TEXTILE FIBRES (OTHER THAN WOOL TOPS) AND THEIR WASTES (BY $469 MILLION OR 71 PER CENT).
HOWEVER, INCREASES WERE REGISTERED FOR INORGANIC CHEMICALS (BY $364 MILLION OR 264 PER CENT) AS WELL AS TOBACCO AND TOBACCO MANUFACTURES (BY $197 MILLION OR 17 PER CENT).
MEANWHILE, INCREASES WERE REGISTERED FOR IMPORTS FROM TAIWAN OF TEXTILES (BY $1 326 MILLION OR 25 PER CENT) AS WELL AS MACHINERY SPECIALISED FOR PARTICULAR INDUSTRIES (BY $474 MILLION OR 209 PER CENT). HOWEVER, A DECREASE WAS REGISTERED FOR IMPORTS OF VEGETABLES AND FRUIT (BY $23 MILLION OR SEVEN PER CENT).
AS FOR IMPORTS FROM SINGAPORE, DECREASES WERE RECORDED IN PETROLEUM, PETROLEUM PRODUCTS AND RELATED MATERIALS (BY $833 MILLION OR 14 PER CENT) AS WELL AS ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES, AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF
HOWEVER, AN INCREASE WAS (BY $352 MILLION OR 28 PER CENT). REGISTERED FOR GENERAL INDUSTRIAL MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT, AND MACHINE PARTS (BY $49 MILLION OR 43 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 11 MONTHS OF 1985 WITH THE SAME PERIOD IN 1984, THE VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS TO CHINA INCREASED BY 76 PER CENT. ÁNALYSED BY COMMODITY, INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN TEXTILES (BY $2 909 MILLION OR 50 PER CENT); TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $2 455 MILLION OR 111 PER CENT) AS WELL AS ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES, AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF (BY $2 184 MILLION OR 126 PER CENT).
ON THE OTHER HAND, DECREASES WERE RECORDED IN MANUFACTURED FERTILIZERS (BY $111 MILLION OR 57 PER CENT) AS WELL AS TEXTILE FIBRES (OTHER THAN WOOL TOPS) AND THE IR WASTES (BY $100 MILLION OR 25 PER CENT).
/INCREASES 2.