XN000022-1984-04-16 — Page 5

MONDAY, APRIL 16, 1984

DEMAND FOR IMPORTED GOODS FROM CHINA REMAINED STRONG.

INCREASES WERE RECORDED MAINLY IN TEXTILES (BY $1 202 MILLION OR 138 PER CENT), CLOTHING (BY $522 MILLION OR 77 PER CENT), TEXTILE FIBRES (OTHER THAN WOOL TOPS) AND THEIR WASTES (BY $188 MILLION OR 239 PER CENT), TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $89 MILLION OR 173 PER CENT) AND VEGETABLES AND FRUIT (BY $85 MILLION OR 31 PER CENT).

AS FOR IMPORTS FROM JAPAN, INCREASES WERE NOTED FOR ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES, AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF (BY $445 MILLION OR 80 PER CENT), AND TEXTILES (BY $345 MILLION OR 60 PER CENT). HOWEVER, DECREASES WERE REGISTERED FOR FISH, CRUSTACEANS AND MOLLUSCS, AND PREPARATION THEREOF (BY $8 MILLION OR 13 PER CENT), AND FURNITURE AND PARTS THEREOF (BY $7 MILLION OR 23 PER CENT).

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INCREASES IN IMPORTS FROM THE U.S.A. WERE MOSTLY OF ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES, AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF (BY $328 MILLION OR 108 PER CENT), TEXTILE FIBRES (OTHER THAN WOOL TOPS) AND THEIR WASTES (BY $113 MILLION OR 333 PER CENT) AND ORGANIC CHEMICALS (BY $69 MILLION OR 101 PER CENT).

ON THE OTHER HAND, DECREASES WERE REGISTERED IN IMPORTS OF CRUDE ANIMAL AND VEGETABLE MATERIALS (BY $11 MILLION OR 21 PER CENT), AND GENERAL INDUSTRIAL MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT, AND MACHINE PARTS (BY $9 MILLION OR 11 PER CENT).

DECREASES WERE REGISTERED IN IMPORTS FROM TAIWAN OF NON-METALLIC MINERAL MANUFACTURES (BY $5 MILLION OR 8 PER CENT) AND IN IMPORTS FROM SINGAPORE OF PETROLEUM, PETROLEUM PRODUCTS AND RELATED MATERIALS (BY $53 MILLION OR 5 PER CENT). HOWEVER, IMPORTS OF TEXTILES FROM TAIWAN INCREASED (BY $293 MILLION OR 63 PER CENT); AND IMPORTS OF ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF FROM SINGAPORE ALSO INCREASED (BY $85 MILLION OR 75 PER CENT).

(TABLE 4 ILLUSTRATES THE CHANGES IN IMPORTS BY MAJOR COMMODITY SECTIONS.)

INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN RE-EXPORTS TO CHINA (BY $1 797 MILLION OR 159 PER CENT), U.S.A. (BY $719 MILLION OR 76 PER CENT), TAIWAN (BY $354 MILLION OR 102 PER CENT), JAPAN (BY $334 MILLION OR 95 PER CENT), REPUBLIC OF KOREA (SOUTH KOREA) (BY $208 MILLION OR 73 PER CENT), AUSTRALIA (BY $103 MILLION OR 90 PER CENT), MACAU (BY $66 MILLION OR 27 PER CENT) AND FED. REP. OF GERMANY (BY $66 MILLION OR 73 PER CENT). ON THE OTHER HAND, DECLINES WERE REGISTERED IN RE-EXPORTS TO INDONESIA (BY $199 MILLION OR 24 PER CENT) AND NIGERIA (BY $165 MILLION OR 81 PER CENT).

(CHANGES IN RE-EXPORTS TO THE TEN MAJOR MARKETS ARE GIVEN IN TABLE 5.)

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