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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1982

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INCREASES IN VALUE WERE REGISTERED IN IMPORTS FROM SINGAPORE OF WATCHES AND CLOCKS (BY $36 MILLION OR 12%) AND IN IMPORTS FROM TAIWAN OF ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES (BY $286 MILLION OR 31%). IMPORTS OF TEXTILES FROM TAIWAN DECLINED BY $480 MILLION OR 16%.

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

INCREASE/

JAN,-SEPT. 1982 JAN.-SEPT. 1981

($ MN)

($ MN)

DECREASE PERCENTAGE

($ MN) CHANGE

MANUFACTURED GOODS

CLASSIFIED CHIEFLY

BY MATERIAL

(MAINLY TEXTILE

29 275

29 402

127 INSIGNIFICANT

PRODUCTS, DIAMONDS,

IRON AND STEEL,

AND PAPER)

MACHINERY AND

23 700

23 740

40 INSIGNIFICANT

TRANSPORT

EQUIPMENT

MISCELLANEOUS

MANUFACTURED

ARTICLES (MAINLY

WATCHES AND

17 775

16 659

+1 116

+7

CLOCKS, ARTICLES

OF APPAREL)

FOOD AND LIVE

ANIMALS CHIEFLY

11 633

9 894

+1 739

+18

FOR FOOD

MINERAL FUELS,

LUBRICANTS AND RELATED MATERIALS

8 415

8 106

309

6 986

6 586

400

+6

CHEMICALS AND RELATED PRODUCTS

INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN RE-EXPORTS TO THE U.S.A. (BY $688 MILLION OR 20%), SAUDI ARABIA (BY $284 MILLION OR 71%), REPUBLIC OF KOREA (BY $218 MILLION OR 21%), CHINA (BY $204 MILLION OR 4%), INDONESIA (BY $190 MILLION OR 6%), SINGAPORE (BY $188 MILLION OR 8%), TAIWAN (BY $172 MILLION OR 10%), AND THE PHILIPPINES (BY $171 MILLION OR 19%). ON THE OTHER HAND, DECLINES WERE REGISTERED IN RE-EXPORTS TO THE U.K. (BY $269 MILLION OR 37%) AND NIGERIA (BY $113 MILLION OR 15%).

MOST COMMODITIES