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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1986
AS FOR IMPORTS FROM JAPAN, INCREASES WERE REGISTERED FOR PHOTOGRAPHIC APPARATUS, EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES, OPTICAL GOODS, WATCHES AND CLOCKS (BY $717 MILLION OR 13 PER CENT), TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $664 MILLION OR 12 PER CENT), AS WELL AS MACHINERY SPECIALISED FOR PARTICULAR INDUSTRIES (BY $532 MILLION OR 39 PER CENT). ON THE OTHER HAND DECREASES WERE REGISTERED FOR ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES, AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF (BY $1 358 MILLION OR 17 PER CENT) AS WELL AS TEXTILES (BY $540 MILLION OR EIGHT PER CENT).
DECREASES IN IMPORTS FROM THE U.S.A. WERE REGISTERED FOR ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES, AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF (BY $1 721 MILLION OR 37 PER CENT), TEXTILE FIBRES (OTHER THAN WOOL TOPS) AND THEIR WASTES (BY $508 MILLION OR 72 PER CENT), AS WELL AS NON-METALLIC MINERAL MANUFACTURES (BY $490 MILLION OR 40 PER CENT), HOWEVER INCREASES WERE REGISTERED FOR INORGANIC CHEMICALS (BY $354 MILLION OR 196 PER CENT) AS WELL AS TOBACCO AND TOBACCO MANUFACTURES (BY $268 MILLION OR 20 PER CENT).
MEANWHILE, INCREASES WERE REGISTERED FOR IMPORTS FROM TAIWAN OF TEXTILES (BY $1 399 MILLION OR 24 PER CENT) AND MACHINERY SPECIALISED FOR PARTICULAR INDUSTRIES (BY $515 MILLION OR 196 PER CENT). HOWEVER, A DECREASE WAS REGISTERED FOR IMPORTS OF OFFICE MACHINES AND AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT (BY $52 MILLION OR 10 PER CENT). AS FOR IMPORTS FROM SINGAPORE DECREASES WERE RECORDED IN PETROLEUM, PETROLEUM PRODUCTS AND RELATED MATERIALS (BY $573 MILLION OR NINE PER CENT) AS WELL AS ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES, AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF (BY $368 MILLION OR 27 PER CENT). HOWEVER, AN INCREASE WAS REGISTERED FOR GENERAL INDUSTRIAL MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT, AND MACHINE PARTS (BY $57 MILLION OR 46 PER CENT).
RE-EXRPORTS
COMPARING 1985 WITH 1984, THE VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS TO CHINA INCREASED BY 64 PER CENT. ANALYSED BY COMMODITY, INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN TEXTILES (BY $3 107 MILLION OR 48 PER CENT); ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES, AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF (BY $2 130 MILLION OR 104 PER CENT) AS WELL AS TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $2 028 MILLION OR 70 PER CENT). HOWEVER 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 $106 MILLION OR 25 PER CENT).
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