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Comparing September 1996 with September 1995, increases were recorded in the value of imports from Malaysia (+14%), Germany (+9.9%), South Korea (+2.9%), Italy (+2.5%), China (+1.9%) and Singapore (+0.9%).
However, decreases were recorded in the value of imports from the United Kingdom (-11%), Japan (-8.2%), Taiwan (-4.9%) and the United States (-3.6%),
Comparing the first nine months of 1996 with the same period in 1995, increases were recorded in the value of imports from Malaysia (+18%), Italy (+16%), the United Kingdom (+7%), the United States (+5.7%), China (+5.5%), Singapore (+5.5%) and Germany (+2.1%).
However, decreases were recorded in the value of imports from Japan (-8%), Taiwan (-4%) and South Korea (-0.1%).
Taking all sources together, the value of imports in the first nine months of 1996, at $1,135.1 billion, increased by 2.5% over the same period in 1995.
Table 6 shows changes in the value of imports of 10 principal commodity
divisions.
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Comparing the first nine months of 1996 with the same period in 1995, more notable increases in the value of imports were registered for office machines and automatic data processing machines (by $8.6 billion or 17%); electrical machinery, apparatus and appliances, and electrical parts thereof (by $5.8 billion or 4.2%); clothing (by $5 billion or 6.9%); miscellaneous manufactured articles consisting mainly of baby carriages, toys, games and sporting goods (by $3.3 billion or 4.3%); and footwear (by $3.1 billion or 7.9%).
Over the same period, decreases in the value of imports were recorded for telecommunications and sound recording and reproducing apparatus and equipment (by $3.1 billion or 2.9%); textiles (by $2.7 billion or 2.7%); and non-metallic mineral manufactures (by $1.4 billion or 4.1%).
All the trade statistics described here are measured at current prices and. account has been taken of changes in prices between the periods of comparison.
A separate analysis of the volume and price movements of external trade for September 1996 will be released in early December 1996.
Detailed trade statistics analysed by commodity and by country/ territory are published in trade statistics reports.
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