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TELECOMMUNICATIONS

AND SOUND RECORDING

AND REPRODUCING

APPARATUS AND

TEXTILE YARN, FABRICS,

EQUIPMENT

MADE-UP ARTICLES

AND RELATED

PRODUCTS

1

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1982

3 161

2 903

258

+9

2 791

2 852

60

THE CHANGES IN IMPORTS FROM THE TEN MAJOR SOURCES ARE SUMMARISED AS FOLLOWS:-

2

INCREASE/ PERCENTAGE

JAN.-JULY 1982

($ MN)

JAN.-JULY 1981

($ MN)

DECREASE

CHANGE

($ MN)

(%)

CHINA

18 157

15 804

+2 353

+15

JAPAN

17 903

18 278

375

2

U.S.A.

8 821

8 450

371

+4

SINGAPORE

6 057

6 025

32

+1

TAIWAN

5 959

6 135

176

3

U.K.

3 806

3 467

+ 339

+10

REPUBLIC OF KOREA

(SOUTH KOREA)

2 609

3 172

563

-18

F.R. OF GERMANY

1 952

1 924

28

+1

SWITZERLAND

1 539

1 731

192

-11

AUSTRALIA

1 360

1 062

298

+28

LOCAL DEMAND FOR IMPORTED GOODS FROM CHINA REMAINED STRONG. INCREASES WERE RECORDED MAINLY IN CLOTHING (BY $677 MILLION OR 37 PER CENT), IRON AND STEEL (BY $255 MILLION OR 105 PER CENT), MEAT AND MEAT PREPARATIONS (BY $245 MILLION OR 56 PER CENT) AND TEXTILES (BY $220 MILLION OR SEVEN PER CENT).

AS FOR IMPORTS FROM JAPAN, INCREASES WERE NOTED FOR TEXTILE FABRICS (BY $178 MILLION OR 10 PER CENT) AS WELL AS MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURED ARTICLES (MAINLY BABY CARRIAGES, TOYS, GAMES, SPORTING GOODS AND MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS AND THE ACCESSORIES) (BY $137 MILLION OR 17 PER CENT). DECREASES WERE REGISTERED FOR WATCHES AND CLOCKS (BY $330 MILLION OR 18 PER CENT), TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $278 MILLION OR 16 PER CENT), TEXTILE YARN (BY $198 MILLION OR 34 PER CENT) AND ROAD VEHICLES (BY $171 MILLION OR NINE PER CENT).

/INCREASES IN