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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1982

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DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO THE U.S. ROSE BY 11 PER CENT. SUBSTANTIAL INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN PLASTIC TOYS AND DOLLS (BY $819 MILLION OR BO PER CENT), CLOTHING (BY $656 MILLION OR 11 PER CENT) AND ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES (BY $181 MILLION OR 11 PER CENT). DECREASES WERE RECORDED IN TEXTILES (BY $71 MILLION OR 18 PER CENT) AND OFFICE MACHINES AND AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT (BY $505 MILLION OR 37 PER CENT).

DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO THE UNITED KINGDOM OF ELECTRICAL MACHINERY APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES INCREASED BY $18 MILLION OR EIGHT PER CENT BUT THOSE OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT DECLINED BY $104 MILLION OR 32 PER CENT.

MOST COMMODITIES EXPORTED TO THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY DECLINED IN VALUE, INCLUDING WATCHES AND CLOCKS (DECLINED BY $28 MILLION OR 11 PER CENT), CLOTHING (DECLINED BY $46 MILLION OR TWO PER CENT) AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (DECLINED BY $70 MILLION OR 22 PER CENT). DOMESTIC EXPORTS OF ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES INCREASED STEADILY (BY $25 MILLION OR 15 PER CENT).

SIGNIFICANT INCREASES WERE REGISTERED IN THE DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO CHINA OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $249 MILLION OR 127 PER CENT) AS WELL AS TEXTILES (BY $188 MILLION OR 63 PER CENT) AND IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS OF CLOTHING TO AUSTRALIA (BY $47 MILLION OR 16 PER CENT).

AN ANALYSIS OF CHANGES IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS BY MAJOR COMMODITY DIVISIONS IS PRESENTED BELOW:-

JAN.-JULY 1982

($ MN)

JAN.-JULY 1981

($ MN)

INCREASE/ DECREASE ($ MN)

PERCENTAGE CHANGE

(%)

ARTICLES OF APPAREL

AND CLOTHING

ACCESSORIES

MISCELLANEOUS

MANUFACTURED

ARTICLES (MAINLY

PLASTIC TOYS

AND DOLLS)

PHOTOGRAPHIC

APPARATUS

OPTICAL GOODS,

WATCHES AND

CLOCKS

ELECTRICAL MACHINERY,

APPARATUS AND

APPLIANCES (MAINLY

15 970

15 096

875

+ 6

8 521

6 806

+1 715

+25

4 083

4 344

261

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TRANSISTORS AND

DIODES AND

HOUSEHOLD TYPE

APPLIANCES)

3 490

3 103

387

+12

/TELECOMMUNICATIONS