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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1983

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DECREASES IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO THE UNITED KINGDOM WERE REGISTERED FOR TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $206 MILLION OR 33 PER CENT) AS WELL AS CLOTHING (BY $200 MILLION OR SIX PER CENT).

MOST COMMODITIES EXPORTED TO THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY DECLINED IN VALUE, INCLUDING TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $103 MILLION OR 19 PER CENT) AND WATCHES AND CLOCKS (BY $53 MILLION OR 10 PER CENT). HOWEVER, DOMESTIC EXPORTS OF ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES INCREASED BY $44 MILLION OR 15 PER CENT.

SIGNIFICANT INCREASES WERE REGISTERED IN THE DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO CHINA OF TEXTILES (BY $315 MILLION OR 50 PER CENT), AS WELL AS OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING... APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $97 MILLION OR 19 PER CENT), AND IN THE DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO JAPAN OF CLOTHING (BY $132 MILLION OR 12 PER CENT).

AN ANALYSIS OF CHANGES IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS BY MAJOR COMMODITY DIVISIONS ARE PRESENTED BELOW 1

1982 ($ MN)

1981 ($ MN)

INCREASE/ DECREASE ($ MN)

PERCENTAGE

CHANGE

ARTICLES OF

28 824

28 288

536

APPAREL AND

CLOTHING

ACCESSORIES

MISCELLANEOUS

15 589

13 235

+2 354

+18

MANUFACTURED

ARTICLES (MAINLY

PLASTIC TOYS

AND DOLLS)

PHOTOGRAPHIC

8 148

8 101

47

+1

APPARATUS,

OPTICAL GOODS,

WATCHES AND

CLOCKS

ELECTRICAL

6 055

5 812

243

+4

MACHINERY,

APPARATUS AND

APPLIANCES

(MAINLY

TRANSISTORS

AND DIODES AND

HOUSEHOLD-

TYPE APPL ANCES)

TELECOMMUNICATIONS