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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1986
HOWEVER, DECREASES WERE REGISTERED FOR DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO THE UNITED KINGDOM OF METALLIFEROUS ORES AND METAL SCRAP (BY $236 MILLION OR 85 PER CENT); AND FOR DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO JAPAN OF ARTIFICIAL RESINS, PLASTIC MATERIALS, CELLULOSE ESTERS AND ETHERS (BY $33 MILLION OR 42 PER CENT).
THE CHANGES IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS BY MAJOR COMMODITY DIVISION ARE PRESENTED IN TABLE 2.
THE CHANGES IN IMPORTS FROM THE TEN MAJOR SUPPLIERS ARE SUMMARISED IN TABLE 3.
IMPORTS FROM CHINA INCREASED BY 39 PER CENT IN VALUE IN THE FIRST NINE MONTHS OF 1986 AS COMPARED WITH THE SAME PERIOD LAST YEAR. INCREASES WERE REGISTERED FOR CLOTHING (BY $4 472 MILLION OR 63 PER CENT); TEXTILES (BY $3 996 MILLION OR 47 PER CENT), AS WELL AS MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURED ARTICLES, INCLUDING MAINLÝ BABY CARRIAGES, TOYS, GAMES AND SPORTING GOODS (BY $1 524 MILLION OR 52 PER CENT).
HOWEVER DECREASES WERE REGISTERED FOR TEXTILE FIBRES (OTHER THAN WOOL TOPS) AND THEIR WASTES (BY $499 MILLION OR 30 PER CENT), AS WELL AS PETROLEUM, PETROLEUM PRODUCTS AND RELATED MATERIALS (BY $355 MILLION OR 25 PER CENT).
ON THE SAME BASIS OF COMPARISON, THE VALUE OF IMPORTS FROM JAPAN INCREASED BY ONE PER CENT. INCREASES WERE REGISTERED FOR ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF (BY $950 MILLION OR 19 PER CENT), TEXTILES (BY $658 MILLION OR 14 PER CENT) AS WELL AS PHOTOGRAPHIC APPARATUS, EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES AND OPTICAL GOODS, WATCHES AND CLOCKS (BY $649 MILLION OR 15 PER CENT).
ON THE OTHER HAND, DECREASES WERE REGISTERED FOR ROAD VEHICLES, INCLUDING AIR CUSHION VEHICLES (BY $1 708 MILLION OR 52 PER CENT); AS WELL AS OFFICE MACHINES AND AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT (BY $736 MILLION OR 35 PER CENT).
THE VALUE OF IMPORTS FROM TAIWAN WAS UP BY SIX PER CENT. INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN TEXTILES (BY $924 MILLION OR 17 PER CENT), ARTIFICIAL RESINS, PLASTIC MATERIALS, CELLULOSE ESTERS AND ETHERS (BY $189 MILLION OR 45 PER CENT), AS WELL AS CLOTHING (BY $104 MILLION OR 44 PER CENT).
HOWEVER, DECREASES WERE REGISTERED FOR OFFICE MACHINES AND AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT (BY $211 MILLION OR 49 PER CENT); AS WELL AS NON-FERROUS METALS (BY $198 MILLION OR 34 PER CENT).
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