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THURSDAY, JANUARY 13, 1983

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

INCREASE/ PERCENTAGE

JAN-NOV 1982 ($ MN)

JAN-NOV 1981 ($ MN)

DECREASE

CHANGE

($ MN)

CHINA

29 451

26 436

+3 015

+11

JAPAN

28 388

29 073

684

2

U.S.A.

14 061

13 257

+

804

+6

SINGAPORE

9 318

9 616

297

3

TA IWAN

9 254

9 751

498

-

5

U.K.

6 195

5 730

466

+

REPUBLIC OF

KOREA (SOUTH

KOREA)

4 046

5 009

963

-19

F.R. OF GERMANY

3 154

3 059

95

+ 3

SWITZERLAND

2 371

2 586

215

8

AUSTRALIA

2 073

1 847

226

+12

LOCAL DEMAND FOR IMPORTED GOODS FROM CHINA REMAINED STRONG. INCREASES WERE RECORDED MAINLY IN CLOTHING (BY $916 MILLION OR 28%), IRON AND STEEL (BY $376 MILLION OR 84%), MEAT AND MEAT PREPARATIONS (BY $251 MILLION OR 30%) AND LIVE ANIMALS CHIEFLY FOR FOOD (BY $183 MILLION OR 11%).

AS FOR IMPORTS FROM JAPAN, INCREASES WERE NOTED FOR MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURED ARTICLES (MAINLY BABY CARRIAGES, TOYS, GAMES, SPORTING GOODS AND MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS AND ACCESSORIES) (BY $143 MILLION OR 11%) AS WELL AS TEXTILE FABRICS (BY $142 MILLION OR 5%). DECREASES WERE REGISTERED FOR WATCHES AND CLOCKS (BY $493 MILLION OR 17%), ROAD VEHICLES (BY $326 MILLION OR 11%), TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $318 MILLION OR 12%) AND TEXTILE YARN (BY $215 MILLION OR 279%).

INCREASES IN IMPORTS FROM THE U.S.A. WERE MOSTLY OF ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES (BY $167 MILLION OR 12%) AS WELL AS TOBACCO AND TOBACCO MANUFACTURES (BY $164 MILLION OR 27%). ON THE OTHER HAND, DECREASES WERE REGISTERED IN IMPORTS OF ARTIFICIAL RESINS AND PLASTIC MATERIALS, AND CELLULOSE ESTERS AND ETHERS (BY $154 MILLION OR 21%), OFFICE MACHINES AND AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT (BY $103 MILLION OR 7%) AND TEXTILES (BY $86 MILLION OR 23%).

/INCREASES IN