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SUNDAY, APRIL 3, 1983

JAN. 1983 JAN. 1982

INCREASE/ DECREASE

($ MN)

($ MN)

($ MN)

PERCENTAGE CHANGE

CHINA

2 964

2 371

+593

+25

JAPAN

2 340

1 913

+427

+22

U.S.A.

1 206

1 127

+ 79

+ 7

TAIWAN

858

775

+ 83

+11

SINGAPORE

723

768

44

U.K.

565

492

+ 73

+15

F.R. OF GERMANY

311

242

+ 69

+29

REPUBLIC OF KOREA

296

379

83

-22

(SOUTH KOREA)

SWITZERLAND

206

171

+ 35

+20

AUSTRALIA

178

152

+ 26

+18

LOCAL DEMAND FOR IMPORTED GOODS FROM CHINA REMAINED STRONG. INCREASES WERE RECORDED MAINLY IN CLOTHING (BY $114 MILLION OR 42 PER CENT), TEXTILES (BY $57 MILLION OR 13 PER CENT), OIL SEEDS AND OLEAGINOUS FRUIT (BY $54 MILLION OR 636 PER CENT) AND VEGETABLES AND FRUIT (BY $40 MILLION OR 28 PER CENT).

AS FOR IMPORTS FROM JAPAN, INCREASES WERE NOTED FOR ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES, AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF (BY $101 MILLION OR 60 PER CENT) AS WELL AS IRON AND STEEL (BY $67 MILLION OR 75 PER CENT). DECREASES WERE REGISTERED FOR MACHINERY SPECIALIZED FOR PARTICULAR INDUSTRIES (BY $29 MILLION OR 36 PER CENT), NON-METALLIC MINERAL MANUFACTURES, N.E.S. (EY $10 MILLION OR 16 PER CENT).

INCREASES IN IMPORTS FROM THE U.S.A. WERE MOSTLY OF OFFICE MACHINES AND AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT (BY $64 MILLION OR 67 PER CENT) AS WELL AS ARTIFICAL RESINS AND PLASTIC MATERIALS, AND CELLULOSE ESTERS AND ETHERS (BY $9 MILLION OR 21 PER CENT). ON THE OTHER HAND, DECREASES WERE REGISTERED IN IMPORTS CF TOBACCO AND TOBACCO MANUFACTURES (BY $18 MILLION OR 20 PER CENT), VEGETABLES AND FRUIT (BY $10 MILLION OR 11 PER CENT) AND PEARLS, PRECIOUS AND SEMI- PRECIOUS STONES UNWORKED OR WORKED (BY $8 MILLION OR 14 PER CENT).

INCREASES WERE REGISTERED IN IMPORTS FROM SINGAPORE OF ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES (BY $12 MILLION OR 24 PER CENT) AND IN IMPORTS FROM TAIWAN OF ELECTRICAL MACHINERY APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES (BY $44 MILLION CR 49 PER CENT). IMPORTS CF TEXTILES FROM TAIWAN DECLINED (BY $34 MILLION OR 11 PER CENT).

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

/JAN. 1983