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AS FOR IMPORTS FROM JAPAN, INCREASES WERE NOTED FOR TEXTILE FABRICS (BY $138 MILLION OR FIVE PER CENT) AS WELL AS MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURED ARTICLES (MAINLY BABY CARRIAGES, TOYS, GAMES

SPORTING GOODS AND MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS AND ACCESSORIES) (BY $122 MILLION OR 10 PER CENT).

DECREASES WERE REGISTERED FOR WATCHES AND CLOCKS (BY $434 MILLION OR 17 PER CENT), TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $351 MILLION OR 14 PER CENT), ROAD VEHICLES (BY $260 MILLION OR 10 PER CENT) AND TEXTILE YARN (BY $218 MILLION OR 29 PER CENT).

INCREASES IN IMPORTS FROM THE U.S.A. WERE MOSTLY OF TOBACCO AND TOBACCO MANUFACTURES (BY $147 MILLION OR 27 PER CENT) AS WELL AS ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES (BY $141 MILLION OR 12 PER CENT). ON THE OTHER HAND, DECREASES WERE REGISTERED IN IMPORTS OF OFFICE MACHINES AND AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT (BY $144 MILLION OR 11 PER CENT), ARTIFICIAL RESINS AND PLASTIC MATERIALS, AND CELLULOSE ESTERS AND ETHERS (BY $137 MILLION OR 20 PER CENT) AND TEXTILES (BY $84 MILLION OR 24 PER CENT).

INCREASES IN VALUE WERE REGISTERED IN IMPORTS FROM SINGAPORE OF WATCHES AND CLOCKS (BY $54 MILLION OR 17 PER CENT) AND IN IMPORTS FROM TAIWAN OF ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES (BY $286 MILLION OR 37 PER CENT). IMPORTS OF TEXTILES FROM TAIWAN DECLINED (BY $560 MILLION OR 17 PER CENT).

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

JAN.-OCT. 1982 ($ MN)

JAN.-OCT. 1981 ($ MN)

INCREASE/ DECREASE ($ MN)

PERCENTAGE CHANGE

(%)

MANUFACTURED

32 563

32 788

-

224

-

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GOODS

CLASS IF IED

CHIEFLY BY

MATERIAL

(MAINLY

TEXTILE

PRODUCTS,

DIAMONDS,

FRON AND

STEEL

AND PAPER)

MACHINERY

26 394

26 485

91

AND

INSIGNI- FICANT

TRANSPORT

EQUIPMENT

/MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURED