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MONDAY, JANUARY 12, 1987
THE VALUE OF IMPORTS FROM TAINAN WAS UP BY 12 PER CENT. INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN TEXTILES (BY $1 557 MILLION OR 24 PER CENT); AND ARTIFICIAL RESINS, PLASTIC MATERIALS, CELLULOSE ESTERS AND ETHERS (BY $257 MILLIÓN OR 48 PER CENT). HOWEVER, A DECREASE WAS REGISTERED FOR NON-FERROUS METALS (BY $207 MILLION OR 31 PER CENT).
. IMPORTS FROM THE U.S. WAS UP BY 6 PER CENT WITH INCREASES IN TRANSPORT EQUIPMENT OTHER THAN AIR CUSHION VEHICLES (BY $718 MILLION OR 88 PER CENT) AS WELL AS ARTIFICIAL RESINS, PLASTIC MATERIALS, CELLULOSE ESTERS AND ETHERS (BY $394 MILLION OR 54 PER CENT). HOWEVER, A DECREASE WAS RECORDED IN OFFICE MACHINES AND AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT (BY $378 MILLION OR 16 PER CENT).
IMPORTS FROM SINGAPORE DROPPED BY 2 PER CENT, WITH DECREASES IN PETROLEUM, PETROLEUM PRODUCTS AND RELATED MATERIALS (BY $1 002 MILLION OR 20 PER CENT); AS WELL AS TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $138 MILLION OR 22 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.
COMPARING JANUARY TO NOVEMBER 1986 WITH THE SAME PERIOD IN 1985, THE VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS TO CHINA DECREASED BY 14 PER CENT. ANALYSED BY COMMODITY, DECREASES WERE RECORDED IN TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $2 218 MILLION OR 48 PER CENT) ROAD VEHICLES, INCLUDING AIR CUSHION VEHICLES (BY $1 944 MILLION OR 75 PER CENT); AS WELL AS ELECTRICAL MACHINERY. APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF (BY $1 647 MILLION OR 42 PER CENT).
HOWEVER, INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN TEXTILES (BY $1 406 MILLION OR 16 PER CENT) AND LEATHER, LEATHER MANUFACTURES AND DRESSED FURSKINS (BY $488 MILLION OR 124 PER CENT).
ON THE SAME BASIS OF COMPARISON, RE-EXPORTS TO THE U.S. INCREASED BY 52 PER CENT IN VALUE. COMMODITIES WITH INCREASES INCLUDED CLOTHING (BY $3 624 MILLION OR 105 PER CENT) MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURED ARTICLES, INCLUDING MAINLY BABY CARRIAGES, TOYS, GAMES AND SPORTING GOODS (BY $1 549 MILLION OR 49 PER CENT) AS WELL AS TRAVEL GOODS. HANDBAGS AND SIMILAR CONTAINERS (BY $318 MILLION OR 29 PER CENT).
/HOWEVER, DECREASES ...............