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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1982

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INCREASES IN IMPORTS FROM THE U.S. WERE MOSTLY OF TOBACCO AND TOBACCO MANUFACTURES (BY $145 MILLION OR 41 PER CENT) AS WELL AS ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES AND ELECTRICAL PARTS (BY $140 MILLION OR 18 PER CENT). ON THE OTHER HAND, DECREASES WERE REGISTERED IN IMPORTS OF OFFICE MACHINES AND AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT (BY $178 MILLION OR 20 PER CENT), ARTIFICAL RESINS AND PLASTIC MATERIALS, AND CELLULOSE ESTERS AND ETHERS (BY $101 MILLION OR 20 PER CENT) AND TEXTILE FIBRES AND THE IR WASTES (BY $76 MILLION OR 18 PER CENT).

INCREASES IN VALUE WERE REGISTERED IN IMPORTS OF WATCHES AND CLOCKS FROM SINGAPORE (BY $21 MILLION OR NINE PER CENT) AND ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES AND ELECTRICAL PARTS FROM TAIWAN (BY $261 MILLION OR 39 PER CENT). IMPORTS OF TEXTILES FROM TAIWAN DECLINED (BY $306 MILLION OR 13 PER CENT).

THE FOLLOWING TABLE ILLUSTRATES THE MORE IMPORTANT CHANGES IN IMPORTS BY COMMODITY SECTION:-

INCREASE/ PERCENTAGE

JAN.-JULY 1982 JAN.-JULY 1981

($ MN)

($ MN)

DECREASE ($ MN)

CHANGE

(*)

MANUFACTURED GOODS

CLASSIFIED CHIEFLY

BY MATER FAL

(MAINLY TEXTILE

PRODUCTS,

DIAMONDS, IRON

AND STEEL, AND

PAPER)

23 113

22 732

381

+ 2

MACHINERY AND

TRANSPORT

EQUIPMENT

18 389

18 330

59

INSIGNIFICANT

MISCELLANEOUS

MANUFACTURED

ARTICLES (MAINLY

WATCHES AND

CLOCKS, ARTICLES

OF APPAREL)

13 581

12 801

780

+6

FOOD AND LIVE

ANIMALS CHIEFLY

FOR FOOD

8 784

7 434

+1 350

+18

MINERAL FUELS,

LUBRICANTS AND

RELATED MATERIALS

6 462

6 470

8 INSIGNIFICANT

CHEMICALS AND RELATED

PRODUCTS

5 457

5 032

425

/SUBSTANTIAL GROWTH