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IMPORTS

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THURSDAY, MAY 10, 1984

DEMAND FOR IMPORTED GOODS FROM CHINA REMAINED STRONG. INCREASES WERE RECORDED MAINLY IN TEXTILES (BY $1 836 MILLION OR 131 PER CENT), CLOTHING (BY $774 MILLION OR 70 PER CENT) TEXTILE FIBRES (OTHER THAN WOOL TOPS) AND THEIR WASTES (BY $307 MILLION OR 267 PER CENT), TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $145 MILLION OR 160 PER CENT) AND VEGETABLES AND FRUIT (BY $119 MILLION OR 31 PER CENT).

AS FOR IMPORTS FROM JAPAN, INCREASES WERE NOTED FOR ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES, AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF (BY $737 MILLION OR 80 PER CENT), AND TEXTILES (BY $626 MILLION OR 61 PER CENT). HOWEVER, DECREASES WERE REGISTERED FOR BABY CARRIAGES. TOYS, GAMES AND SPORTING GOODS (BY $11 MILLION OR 11 PER CENT), AND FISH, CRUSTACEANS AND MOLLUSCS, AND PREPARATION THEREOF (BY $5 MILLION OR SIX PER CENT).

INCREASES IN IMPORTS FROM THE U.S. WERE MOSTLY OF ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES, AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF (BY $524 MILLION OR 100 PER CENT), TEXTILE FIBRES (OTHER THAN WOOL TOPS) AND THEIR WASTES (BY $196 MILLION OR 352 PER CENT) AND OFFICE MACHINES AND AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT (BY $169 MILLION OR 40 PER CENT). ON THE OTHER HAND, DECREASES WERE REGISTERED IN IMPORTS OF CRUDE ANIMAL AND VEGETABLE MATERIALS (BY $19 MILLION OR 27 PER CENT) AND GENERAL INDUSTRIAL MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT, AND MACHINE PARTS (BY $10 MILLION OR EIGHT PER CENT).

DECREASES WERE REGISTERED IN IMPORTS FROM TAIWAN OF OFFICE AND STATIONERY SUPPLIES (BY $13 MILLION OR 45 PER CENT) AND IN IMPORTS FROM SINGAPORE OF WATCHES AND CLOCKS (BY $36 MILLION OR 27 PER CENT). HOWEVER, IMPORTS OF TEXTILES FROM TAIWAN INCREASED (BY $473 MILLION OR 61 PER CENT); AND IMPORTS OF PETROLEUM, PETROLEUM PRODUCTS AND RELATED MATERIALS FROM SINGAPORE ALSO INCREASED (BY $340 MILLION OR 27 PER CENT).

RE-EXPORTS

INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN RE-EXPORTS TO CHINA

(BY $2 934 MILLION OR 163 PER CENT), U.S. (BY $1 128 MILLION OR 77 PER CENT), TAIWAN (BY $573 MILLION OR 96 PER CENT), JAPAN (BY $520 MILLION OR 92 PER CENT), REPUBLIC OF KOREA (SOUTH KOREA) (BY $298 MILLION OR 60 PER CENT), AUSTRALIA (BY $147 MILLION OR 81 PER CENT), SINGAPORE (BY $141 MILLION OR 14 PER CENT) AND MACAU (BY $138 MILLION OR 35 PER CENT). ON THE OTHER HAND, DECLINES WERE REGISTERED IN RE-EXPORTS TO NIGERIA (BY $216 MILLION OR 80 PER CENT) AND INDONESIA (BY $177 MILLION OR 15 PER CENT).

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