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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1987
FURTHER ANALYSIS BY COUNTRY
WITHIN COMMODITY CATEGORIES REVEALED INCREASES IN AIRBORNE DOMESTIC EXPORTS OF CLOTHING TO THE U.S.A. (BY $739 MILLION OR 17 PER CENT) AND JAPAN (BY $738 MILLION OR 143 PER CENT); PHOTOGRAPHIC APPARATUS, EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES AND OPTICAL GOODS, WATCHES AND CLOCKS TO THE U.S.A. (BY $161 MILLION OR 12 PER CENT) AND JAPAN (BY $98 MILLION OR 41 PER CENT); ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF TO THE U.S.A. (BY $294 MILLION OR 49 PER CENT); AS WELL AS MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURED ARTICLES, INCLUDING MAINLY JEWELLERY, GOLDSMITHS' AND SILVERSMITHS' WARES, AND OTHER ARTICLES OF PRECIOUS OR SEMI-PRECIOUS MATERIALS TO JAPAN (BY $284 MILLION OR 102 PER CENT).
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HOWEVER, DECREASES WERE RECORDED IN OFFICE MACHINES AND AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT TO THE U.S.A. (BY $206 MILLION 14 PER CENT) AND THAILAND (BY $46 MILLION OR 95 PER CENT); NON-FERROUS METALS TO TAIWAN (BY $1 MILLION OR 24 PER CENT); AS WELL AS GENERAL INDUSTRIAL MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT AND MACHINE PARTS ΤΟ SINGAPORE (BY $8 MILLION OR 78 PER CENT).
AIRBORNE IMPORTS FROM MAJOR SUPPLIERS ARE PRESENTED IN TABLE 2.
IMPORTS CARRIED BY AIR FROM ALL MAJOR SUPPLIERS INCREASED IN VALUE TERMS IN THE FIRST HALF OF 1987 OVER THE SAME PERIOD IN 1986. SUBSTANTIAL GROWTH WAS RECORDED FOR ITALY (+49 PER CENT), SINGAPORE (+ 48 PER CENT), ISRAEL (+48 PER CENT), THE UNITED KINGDOM (+45 PER CENT AND TAIWAN (+39 PER CENT).
INCREASES WERE REGISTERED FOR AIRBORNE IMPORTS OF ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF (BY $2,944 MILLION OR 51 PER CENT); NON-METALLIC MINERAL MANUFACTURES (BY $1,580 MILLION OR 53 PER CENT); OFFICE MACHINES AND AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT (BY $791 MILLION OR 49 PER CENT); AS WELL AS RAW HIDES, SKINS AND FURSKINS (BY $775 MILLION OR 126 PER CENT). IN CONTRAST, DECREASES WERE RECORDED IN AIRBORNE IMPORTS OF DYEING, TANNING AND COLOURING MATERIALS (BY $53 MILLION OR 48 PER CENT); POWER GENERATING MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT (BY $46 MILLION OR 24 PER CENT); AND NON-FERROUS METALS (BY $8 MILLION OR 10 PER CENT).
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INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN AIRBORNE IMPORTS OF ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF JAPAN (BY $1,045 MILLION OR 58 PER CENT) AND MALAYSIA WEST (BY $427 MILLION OR 107 PER CENT); NON-METALLIC MINERAL MANUFACTURES FROM ISRAEL (BY $396 MILLION OR 48 PER CENT) AND INDIA (BY $320 MILLION OR 54 PER CENT); OFFICE MACHINES AND AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT FROM THE U.S.A. (BY $255 MILLION OR 26 PER CENT); AS WELL AS RAW HIDES, SKINS AND FURSKINS FROM DENMARK (BY $276 MILLION OR 147 PER CENT).
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