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MONDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1982

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THE CHANGES IN IMPORTS FROM THE 10 MAJOR SOURCES ARE SUMMARISED AS FOLLOWS:-

INCREASE/

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

DECREASE

PERCENTAGE

($ MN)

($ MN)

($ MN)

CHANGE

CHINA

20 835

18 286

+2 549

+14

JAPAN

20 462

20 873

411

-

2

USA

10 098

9 586

512

+ 5

TA IWAN

6 804

7 033

229

-

3

SINGAPORE

6 795

6 880

85

- 1

UK

4 488

4 005

+

483

+12

REPUBLIC OF

KOREA (SOUTH

KOREA)

2 932

3 635

703

-19

FR OF GERMANY

2 223

2 213

10 INSIGNIFICANT

SWITZERLAND

1 722

1 910

187

-10

AUSTRALIA

1 530

1 246

284

+23

LOCAL DEMAND FOR GOODS IMPORTED FROM CHINA REMAINED STRONG. INCREASES WERE RECORDED MAINLY IN CLOTHING (BY $797 MILLION OR 37 PER CENT), IRON AND STEEL (BY $296 MILLION OR 102 PER CENT), MEAT AND MEAT PREPARATIONS (BY $257 MILLION OR 50 PER CENT) AND TEXTILES (BY $189 MILLION OR FIVE PER CENT).

AS FOR IMPORTS FROM JAPAN, INCREASES WERE NOTED FOR TEXTILE FABRICS (BY $181 MILLION OR EIGHT PER CENT) AS WELL AS MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURED ARTICLES (MAINLY BABY CARRIAGES, TOYS, GAMES, SPORTING GOODS AND MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS AND THE ACCESSORIES) (BY $152 MILLION OR 17 PER CENT). DECREASES WERE REGISTERED FOR WATCHES AND CLOCKS (BY $352 MILLION OR 17 PER CENT), TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $272 MILLION OR 14 PER CENT) TEXTILE YARN (BY $205 MILLION OR 32 PER CENT) AND ROAD VEHICLES (BY $191 MILLION OR NINE PER CENT).

CLES

INCREASES IN IMPORTS FROM THE US WERE MOSTLY OF TOBACCO AND TOBACCO MANUFACTURES (BY $154 MILLION OR 38 PER CENT) AS WELL AS ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES (BY $143 MILLION OR 15 PER CENT). ON THE OTHER HAND, DECREASES WERE REGISTERED IN IMPORTS OF OFFICE MACHINES AND AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT (BY $215 MILLION OR 20 PER CENT), ARTIFICIAL RESINS AND PLASTIC MATERIALS, AND CELLULOSE ESTERS AND ETHERS (BY $95 MILLION OR 18 PER CENT) AND TEXTILE FIBRES AND THEIR WASTES (BY $35 MILLION OR EIGHT PER CENT).

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