FRIDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1986
THE CHANGES IN IMPORTS FROM THE TEN MAJOR SUPPLIERS ARE SUMMARISED IN TABLE 3.
IMPORTS FROM CHINA INCREASED BY 40 PER CENT IN VALUE IN THE FIRST TEN MONTHS OF 1986 AS COMPARED WITH THE SAME PERIOD LAST YEAR. INCREASES WERE REGISTERED FOR CLOTHING (BY $5 070 MILLION OR 62 PER CENT), TEXTILES (BY $4 474 MILLION OR 46 PER CENT) AND FOR MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURED ARTICLES, INCLUDING MAINLY BABY CARRIAGES, TOYS, GAMES AND SPORTING GOODS (BY $1 833 MILLION OR 55 PER CENT).
HOWEVER DECREASES WERE REGISTERED FOR TEXTILE FIBRES (OTHER THAN WOOL TOPS) AND THEIR WASTES (BY $492 MILLION OR 28 PER CENT)- AS WELL AS PETROLEUM, PETROLEUM PRODUCTS AND RELATED MATERIALS (BY $416 MILLION OR 26 PER CENT).
ON THE SAME BASIS OF COMPARISON, THE VALUE OF IMPORTS FROM JAPAN INCREASED BY 3 PER CENT. INCREASES WERE REGISTERED FOR ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF (BY $1 133 MILLION OR 20 PER CENT); TEXTILES (BY $780 MILLION OR 15 PER CENT); AS WELL AS PHOTOGRAPHIC APPARATUS, EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES AND OPTICAL GOODS, WATCHES AND CLOCKS (BY $766 MILLION OR 15 PER CENT).
ON THE OTHER HAND. DECREASES WERE REGISTERED FOR ROAD VEHICLES, INCLUDING AIR CUSHION VEHICLES (BY $1 705 MILLION OR 49 PER CENT) AS WELL AS OFFICE MACHINES AND AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT (BY $631 MILLION OR 28 PER CENT).
THE VALUE OF IMPORTS FROM THE U.S. WAS UP BY 5 PER CENT. INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN TRANSPORT EQUIPMENT OTHER THAN AIR CUSHION VEHICLES (BY $674 MILLION OR 84 PER CENT); AS WELL AS ARTIFICIAL RESINS, PLASTIC MATERIALS, CELLULOSE ESTERS AND ETHERS (BY $342 MILLION OR 52 PER CENT). HOWEVER, A DECREASE WAS REGISTERED FOR OFFICE MACHINES AND AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT (BY $378 MILLION OR 17 PER CENT).
IMPORTS FROM TAIWAN WERE UP BY 10 PER CENT, WITH INCREASES IN TEXTILES (BY $1 310 MILLION OR 22 PER CENT); AND ARTIFICIAL RESINS, PLASTIC MATERIALS, CELLULOSE ESTERS AND ETHERS (BY $227 MILLION OR 48 PER CENT). HOWEVER, A DECREASE WAS RECORDED IN NON-FERROUS METALS (BY $203 MILLION OR 33 PER CENT).
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IMPORTS FROM SINGAPORE DROPPED BY 6 PER CENT, WITH DECREASES IN PETROLEUM, PETROLEUM PRODUCTS AND RELATED MATERIALS (BY $1 211 MILLION OR 25 PER CENT); AS WELL AS TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $169 MILLION OR 29 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.
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