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DEMAND FOR IMPORTED GOODS FROM CHINA REMAINED STRONG.

INCREASES WERE RECORDED MAINLY IN TEXTILES (BY $2 002 MILLION OR 43 PER CENT); CLOTHING (EY $1 254 MILLION OR 33 PER CENT); VEGETABLES AND FRUIT (BY $265 MILLION OR 20 PER CENT); MEAT AND MEAT PREPARATIONS (BY $229 MILLION OR 24 PER CENT) AND CRUDE ANIMAL AND VEGETABLE MATERIALS (BY $216 MILLION OR 33 PER CENT).

AS FOR IMPORTS FROM JAPAN, INCREASES WERE NOTED FOR ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES, AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF (BY $1 775 MILLION OR 68 PER CENT); AND TEXTILES (BY $1 157 MILLION OR 33 PER CENT).

HOWEVER, DECREASES WERE REGISTERED FOR ROAD VEHICLES INCLUDING AIR CUSHION VEHICLES) (BY $446 MILLION OR 19 PER CENT) AND GENERAL INDUSTRIAL MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT, AND MACHINE PARTS (BY $175 MILLION OR 13 PER CENT).

INCREASES IN IMPORTS FROM THE U.S.A. WERE MOSTLY OF ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES, AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF (BY $1 249 MILLION OR 91 PER CENT), PETROLEUM, PETROLEUM PRODUCTS AND RELATED MATERIALS (BY $546 MILLION OR 629 PER CENT) AND OFFICE MACHINES AND AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT (BY $341 MILLION OR 30 PER CENT).

ON THE OTHER HAND, DECREASES WERE REGISTERED IN IMPORTS OF GENERAL INDUSTRIAL MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT, AND MACHINE PARTS (BY $144 MILLION OR 24 PER CENT); AND PEARLS, PRECIOUS AND SEMI- PRECIOUS STONES UNWORKED OR WORKED (BY $96 MILLION OR 14 PER CENT),

DECREASES WERE REGISTERED IN IMPORTS FROM TAIWAN OF IRON AND STEEL (BY $20 MILLION OR 6 PER CENT) AND IN IMPORTS FROM SINGAPORE OF PETROLEUM, PETROLEUM PRODUCTS AND RELATED MATERIALS (BY $953 MILLION OR 16 PER CENT).

HOWEVER, IMPORTS OF ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES, AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF FROM TAIWAN INCREASED (BY $369 MILLION OR 28 PER CENT) AND IMPORTS OF ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES, AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF FROM SINGAPORE ALSO INCREASED (BY $365 MILLION OR 65 PER CENT),

TABLE 4 ILLUSTRATES THE MORE IMPORTANT CHANGES IN IMPORTS

BY COMMODITY SECTIONS.

INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN RE-EXPORTS TO CHINA (BY $2 454 MILLION OR 37 PER CENT); U.S.A. (BY $1 651 MILLION OR 36 PER CENT); SINGAPORE (BY $759 MILLION OR 26 PER CENT); REPUBLIC OF KOREA (SOUTH KOREA) (BY $603 MILLION OR 44 PER CENT); TAIWAN (BY $524 MILLION OR 24 PER CENT); SAUDI ARABIA (BY $386 MILLION OR 51 PER CENT) JAPAN (BY $351 MILLION OR 17 PER CENT); AND THAILAND (BY $286 MILLION OR 44 PER CENT).

ON THE OTHER HAND, DECLINES WERE REGISTERED IN RE-EXPORTS TO INDONESIA (BY $448 MILLION OR 12 PER CENT) AND NIGERIA (BY $282 MILLION OR 39 PER CENT).

THE CHANGES IN RE-EXPORTS TO THE 10 MAJOR MARKETS ARE GIVEN IN TABLE 5.

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