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MONDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1982

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DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO THE UNITED KINGDOM OF ELECTRICAL MACHINERY APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES INCREASED BY $22 MILLION OR EIGHT PER CENT BUT THOSE OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT DECLINED BY $113 MILLION OR 30 PER CENT,

SIGNIFICANT INCREASES WERE REGISTERED IN THE DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO CHINA OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $243 MILLION OR 104 PER CENT) AS WELL AS TEXTILES (BY $212 MILLION OR 58 PER CENT) AND IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS OF CLOTHING TO AUSTRALIA (BY $36 MILLION OR 10 PER CENT).

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

JAN.-AUG. 1982 JAN.-AUG, 1981

($ MN)

($ MN)

INCREASE/

DECREASE PERCENTAGE

($ MN)

CHANGE

ARTICLES OF

APPAREL AND

CLOTHING

ACCESSORIES

18 750

17 735

+1 016

+ 6

MISCELLANEOUS

MANUFACTURED

ARTICLES

(MAINLY PLASTIC

TOYS AND DOLLS) 10 179

8 164

+2 015

+25

PHOTOGRAPHIC

APPARATUS, OPTICAL

GOODS, WATCHES

AND CLOCKS

4 791

5 034

244

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ELECTRICAL MACHINERY,

APPARATUS AND

APPLIANCES (MAINLY

DIODES AND

APPLIANCES)

TRANSISTORS AND

HOUSEHOLD TYPE

TELECOMMUNICATIONS

AND SOUND

RECORDING AND

3 988

3 681

307

+ 8

REPRODUCING

APPARATUS AND

EQUIPMENT

3 685

3 439

245

+ 7

TEXTILE YARN,

FABRICS,

MADE-UP ARTICLES

AND RELATED

PRODUCTS

3 210

3 313

103

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THE CHANGES