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MONDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1982

INCREASES IN VALUE WERE REGISTERED IN IMPORTS OF WATCHES AND CLOCKS FROM SINGAPORE (BY $33 MILLION OR 13 PER CENT) AND ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES FROM TAIWAN

(BY $279 MILLION OR 35 PER CENT). IMPORTS OF TEXTILES FROM TAIWAN DECLINED (BY $418 MILLION OR 15 PER CENT).

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

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

($ MN)

($ MN)

INCREASE/

DECREASE PERCENTAGE ($ MN) CHANGE

MANUFACTURED

GOODS

CLASS IF JED

CHIEFLY BY

MATERIAL

(MAINLY

TEXTILE

PRODUCTS,

DIAMONDS

IRON AND STEEL,

AND PAPER)

26 194

26 043

151

1

MACHINERY AND

TRANSPORT

EQUIPMENT

21 097

21 045

52

INSIGNIFICANT

MISCELLANEOUS

MANUFACTURED

ARTICLES (MAINLY

WATCHES AND

CLOCKS, ARTICLES

OF APPAREL)

15 621

14 606

+1 015

+7

FOOD AND LIVE

ANIMALS CHIEFLY

FOR FOOD

10 206

8 646

+1 560

+18

MINERAL FUELS,

LUBRICANTS AND

RELATED

MATERIALS

7 381

7 275

106

+1

CHEMICALS AND

RELATED.

PRODUCTS

6 226

5 798

428

+7

'SUBSTANTIAL GROWTH