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SUNDAY, APRIL 24, 1983

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THE CHANGES IN IMPORTS FROM THE 10 MAJOR SOURCES ARE SUMMARISED AS FOLLOWS:-

JAN-FEB

1983

($ MN)

JAN-FEB

1982 ($ MN)

INCREASE/ DECREASE ($ MN)

PERCENTAGE CHANGE

CHINA

5 130

4 793

+337

7

JAPAN

4 689

4 402

+287

7

USA

2 300

2 280

+ 20

SINGAPORE

1 557

1 754

-197

-11

TAIWAN

1 469

1 621

-152

9

UK

998

928

+ 70

+7

REPUBLIC OF KOREA

(SOUTH KOREA)

598

764

-166

-22

FR OF GERMANY

577

486

+ 91

+19

SWITZERLAND

406

395

+ 11

+ 3

FRANCE

326

307

+ 19

LOCAL DEMAND FOR IMPORTED GOODS FROM CHINA REMAINED STRONG. INCREASES WERE RECORDED MAINLY IN CLOTHING (BY $143 MILLION OR 26%), OIL SEEDS AND OLEAGINOUS FRUIT (BY $66 MILLION OR 141%), MEAT AND MEAT PREPARATIONS (BY $30 MILLION OR 14%), AND LIVE ANIMALS CHIEFLY FOR FOOD (BY $28 MILLION OR 9%).

AS FOR IMPORTS FROM JAPAN, INCREASES WERE NOTED FOR ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES, AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF (BY $141 MILLION OR 34%) AS WELL AS TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $65 MILLION OR 19%). DECREASES WERE REGISTERED FOR GENERAL INDUSTRIAL MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT, AND MACHINE PARTS (BY $48 MILLION OR 23%), AND ROAD VEHICLES (INCLUDING AIR CUSHION VEHICLES) (BY $39 MILLION OR 8%).

INCREASES IN IMPORTS FROM THE US WERE MOSTLY OF OFFICE MACHINES AND AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT (BY $91 MILLION OR 47%) AS WELL AS ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES, AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF (BY $60 MILLION OR 25%). ON THE OTHER HAND, DECREASES WERE REGISTERED IN IMPORTS OF PEARLS, PRECIOUS AND SEMI-PRECIOUS STONES UNWORKED OR WORKED (BY $78 MILLION OR 47%), GENERAL INDUSTRIAL MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT. AND MACHINE PARTS (BY $23 MILLION OR 23%), AND VEGETABLES AND FRUIT (BY $8 MILLION OR 5%).

/DECREASES WERE