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ON THE SAME BASIS OF COMPARISON, THE VALUE OF IMPORTS FROM JAPAN WAS DOWN BY 4 PER CENT. DECREASES WERE REGISTERED FOR ROAD VEHICLES, INCLUDING AIR CUSHION VEHICLES (BY $1 574 MILLION OR 5E PER CENT), TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY #1 010 MILLION OR 25 PER CENT) AS WELL AS OFFICE MACHINES AND AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT (BY $863 MILLION OR 46 PER CENT).
ON THE OTHER HAND, INCREASES WERE REGISTERED FOR TEXTILES (BY $705 MILLION OR 19 PER CENT) AS WELL AS PHOTOGRAPHIC APPARATUS, EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES AND OPTICAL GOODS, WATCHES AND CLOCKS (BY $508 MILLION OR 15 PER CENT).
IMPORTS FROM THE U.S. DROPPED BY 3 PER CENT IN VALUE, WITH DECREASES REGISTERED FOR OFFICE MACHINES AND AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT (BY $357 MILLION OR 22 PER CENT); TEXTILE FIBRES (OTHER THAN WOOL TOPS) AND THEIR WASTES
(BY 152 MILLION OR 84 PER CENT) AS WELL AS ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THERE OF (BY 3142 MILLION OR 8 PER CENT).
HOWEVER, INCREASES WERE REGISTERED FOR NON-METALLIC MINERAL MANUFACTURES (BY $184 MILLION OR 48 PER CENT) AS WELL AS PETROLEUM, PETROLEUM PRODUCTS AND RELATED MATERIALS (BY $128 VILLION OR 137 PER CENT).
OVERALL VALUE OF IMPORTS FROM TAIWAN WAS LITTLE CHANGED BUT DECREASES WERE RECORDED IN ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF (BY $427 MILLION OR 22 PER CENT) AS WELL AS OFFICE MACHINES AND AUTOMATIC DATA
AS FOR PROCESSING EQUIPMENT (BY 1239 MILLION OR 61 PER CENT). IMPORTS FROM SINGAPORE A FALL OF 7 PER CENT IN VALUE WAS OBSERVED.
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DECREASES WERE RECORDED IN PETROLEUM, PETROLEUM PRODUCTS AND RELATED MATERIALS (BY $724 MILLION OR 22 PER CENT) AS WELL AS TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $228 MILLION OR 47 PER CENT).
HOWEVER, INCREASES WERE REGISTERED FOR IMPORTS FROM TAIWAN OF TEXTILES (BY $594 MILLION OR 14 PER CENT) AND FOR IMPORTS FROM SINGAPORE OF ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF (BY $208 MILLION OR 36 PER CENT)..
TABLE 4 ILLUSTRATES THE CHANGES IN IMPORTS BY MAJOR COMMODITY DIVISION.
THE CHANGES IN RE-EYPORTS TO THE TEN MAJOR MARKETS ARE SHOWA IM TABLE 5.
DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY INCREASED SIGNIFICANTLY BY 31 PER CENT IN VALUE. INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN CLOTHING (BY $779 MILLION OR 32 PER CENT) OFFICE MACHINES AND AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT (BY 0258 MILLION OR 199 PER CENT) AS WELL AS PHOTOGRAPHIC APPARATUS, EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES AND OPTICAL GOODS, WATCHES AND CLOCKS (BY #132 MILLION OR 36 PER CENT).
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