TUESDAY, APRIL 15, 1986
ANALYSED BY COMMODITY CATEGORIES, DECREASES IN AIRBORNE DOMESTIC EXPORTS WERE RECORDED MAINLY IN OFFICE MACHINES AND AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT (BY 32 508 MILLION OR 37 PER CENT); CLOTHING (BY $690 MILLION OR 5 PER CENT); ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES, AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF (BY $601 MILLION OR 18 PER CENT) AS WELL AS MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURED ARTICLES, INCLUDING MAINLY BABY CARRIAGES TOYS, GAMES AND SPORTING GOODS (BY $489 MILLION OR 13 PER CENT).
INCREASES IN VALUE WERE RECORDED IN AIRBORNE DOMESTIC EXPORTS OF FISH, CRUSTACEANS AND MOLLUSCS, AND PREPARATIONS THEREOF (BY 312 MILLION OR 8 PER CENT); FOOTWEAR (BY $11 MILLION OR 10 PER CENT) AS WELL AS PAPER, PAPERBOARD, AND ARTICLES OF PAPER PULP, OF PAPER OR OF PAPERBOARD (BY $3 MILLION OR 25 PER CENT).
FURTHER ANALYSIS BY COUNTRY WITHIN COMMODITY CATEGORIES REVEALED DECREASES IN AIRBORNE DOMESTIC EXPORTS OF OFFICE MACHINES AND AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT TO THE U.S. (BY $1 503 MILLION OR 35 PER CENT) AND TO THE UNITED KINGDOM (BY $770 MILLION OR 75 PER CENT) CLOTHING TO JAPAN (BY $419 MILLION OR 25 PER CENT) AND TO THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY (BY $360 MILLION OR 23 PER CENT) ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES, AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF TO TAIWAN (BY $214 MILLION OR 63 PER CENT) AS WELL AS MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURED ARTICLES, INCLUDING MAINLY BABY CARRIAGES, TOYS, GAMES AND SPORTING GOODS TO THE U.S. (BY $290 MILLIÓN OR 14 PER CENT).
HOWEVER, INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN AIRBORNE DOMESTIC EXPORTS OF FISH, CRUSTACEANS AND MOLLUSCS, AND PREPARATIONS THEREOF TO TAIWAN (BY 311 MILLION OR 350 PER CENT) AND TO JAPAN (BY $2 MILLION OR 1 PER CENT); FOOTWEAR TO THE U.S. (BY 317 MILLION OR 20 PER CENT) AS WELL AS PAPER, PAPERBOARD, AND ARTICLES OF PAPER PULP, OF PAPER OR OF PAPERBOARD TO THE U.S. (BY $2 MILLION OR 45 PER CENT).
AIRBORNE IMPORTS FROM MAJOR SUPPLIERS ARE PRESENTED IN TABLE 2.
DECREASES WERE REGISTERED FOR AIRBORNE IMPORTS OF ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES, AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF (BY $3 602 MILLION OR 26 PER CENT); ́ OFFICE MACHINES AND AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT (BY $528 MILLION OR 11 PER CENT); LEATHER, LEATHER MANUFACTURES AND DRESSED FURSKINS (BY $303 MILLION OR 20 PER CENT) AS WELL AS INORGANIC CHEMICALS (BY $177 MILLION OR 27 PER CENT).
IN CONTRAST, INCREASES WERE NOTED IN IMPORTS OF PHOTOGRAPHIC APPARATUS, EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES AND OPTICAL GOODS, WATCHES AND CLOCKS (BY $735 MILLION OR 9 PER CENT); TRANSPORT EQUIPMENT (NOT INCLUDING AIR CUSHION VEHICLES) (BY $553 MILLION OR 108 PER CENT) AS WELL AS TEXTILES (BY $331 MILLION OR 24 PER CENT).
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