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TUESDAY, JUNE 12, 1984

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DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO THE UNITED STATES ROSE BY 64 PER CENT IN VALUE. SUBSTANTIAL INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN CLOTHING (BY $2 400 MILLION OR 62 PER CENT), OFFICE MACHINES AND AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT (BY $805 MILLION OR 100 PER CENT) AND ELECTRICAL MACHINERY APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES, AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF (BY $797 MILLION OR 68 PER CENT).

ON THE OTHER HAND, DECREASES WERE RECORDED IN TRANSISTORS AND DIODES (BY $37 MILLIONOR 62 PER CENT) AND METALLIFEROUS ORES AND METAL SCRAP (BY $10 MILLION OR 100 PER CENT).

MOST COMMODITIES EXPORTED TO THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY INCREASED IN VALUE, INCLUDING CLOTHING (BY $531 MILLION OR 45 PER CENT), OFFICE MACHINES AND AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT (BY $86 MILLION OR 148 PER CENT) AND ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES, AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF (BY $42 MILLION OR 48 PER CENT). HOWEVER, DECREASES WERE REGISTERED FOR OFFICE AND STATIONERY SUPPLIES (BY $10 MILLION OR 76 PER CENT), AND WATCHES AND CLOCKS (BY $3 MILLION OR TWO PER CENT).

INCREASES IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO THE UNITED KINGDOM WERE REGISTERED FOR CLOTHING (BY $328 MILLION OR 38 PER CENT), OFFICE MACHINES AND AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT (BY $263 MILLION OR 864 PER CENT), AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $80 MILLION OR 86 PER CENT). ON THE OTHER HAND, DECREASE WAS RECORDED IN METALL IFEROUS ORES AND METAL SCRAP (BY $112 MILLION OR 59 PER CENT).

SIGNIFICANT INCREASES WERE REGISTERED IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO CHINA OF TEXTILES (BY $257 MILLION OR 61 PER CENT) AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $196 MILLION OR 112 PER CENT) AND IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO JAPAN OF CLOTHING (BY $177 MILLION OR 74 PER CENT).

IMPORTS

DEMAND FOR IMPORTED GOODS FROM CHINA REMAINED STRONG. INCREASES WERE RECORDED MAINLY IN TEXTILES (BY $2 438 MILLION OR 124 PER CENT), CLOTHING (BY $1 031 MILLION OR 66 PER CENT), TEXTILE FIBRES (OTHER THAN WOOL TOPS) AND THEIR WASTES

(BY $447 MILLION OR 294 PER CENT), TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $206 MILLION OR 154 PER CENT) AND VEGETABLES AND FRUIT (BY $120 MILLION OR 23 PER CENT).

AS FOR IMPORTS FROM JAPAN, INCREASES WERE NOTED FOR ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES, AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF (BY $997 MILLION OR 75 PER CENT), AND TEXTILES (BY $789 MILLION OR 51 PER CENT). HOWEVER, DECREASES WERE REGISTERED FOR BABY CARRIAGES, TOYS, GAMES AND SPORTING GOODS (BY $14 MILLION OR 10 PER CENT), AND FISH. CRUSTACEANS AND MOLLUSCS, AND PREPARATION THEREOF (BY $5 MILLION OR FOUR PER CENT).

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