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DEMAND FOR IMPORTED GOODS FROM CHINA REMAINED STRONG. INCREASES WERE RECORDED MAINLY IN TEXTILES (BY $3 416 MILLION OR 103 PER CENT), CLOTHING (BY $1 595 MILLION OR 60 PER CENT), TEXTILE FIBRES (OTHER THAN WOOL TOPS) AND THE IR WASTES (BY $701 MILLION OR 235 PER CENT), TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $348 MILLION OR 145 PER CENT) AND LIVE ANIMALS CHIEFLY FOR FOOD (BY $149 MILLION OR 14 PER CENT).

AS FOR IMPORTS FROM JAPAN, INCREASES WERE REGISTERED FOR ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES, AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF (BY $1 371 MILLION OR 59 PER CENT), AND TEXTILES (BY

$1 120 MILLION OR 43 PER CENT). HOWEVER, DECREASES WERE REGISTERED FOR BABY CARRIAGES, TOYS, GAMES AND SPORTING GOODS (BY $18 MILLION OR 8 PER CENT), AND FISH, CRUSTACEANS AND MOLLUSCS, AND PREPARATION THEREOF (BY $15 MILLION OR 7 PER CENT).

INCREASES IN IMPORTS FROM THE U.S.A. WERE MOSTLY OF ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES, AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF (BY $917 MILLION OR 69 PER CENT), OFFICE MACHINES AND AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT (BY $472 MILLION OR 58 PER CENT), AND TEXTILE FIBRES (OTHER THAN WOOL TOPS) AND THE IR WASTES (BY $339 MILLION OR 268 PER CENT). ON THE OTHER HAND, DECREASES WERE REGISTERED IN IMPORTS OF PETROLEUM, PETROLEUM PRODUCTS AND RELATED MATERIALS (BY $175 MILLION OR 40 PER CENT), AND MANUFACTURES OF METAL (BY $53 MILLION OR 19 PER CENT).

DECREASES WERE REGISTERED IN IMPORTS FROM TAIWAN OF OFFICE, AND STATIONERY SUPPLIES (BY $16 MILLION OR 32 PER CENT) AND IN IMPORTS FROM SINGAPORE OF WATCHES AND CLOCKS (BY $102 MILLION OR 37 PER CENT). HOWEVER, IMPORTS OF TEXTILES FROM TAIWAN INCREASED (BY $948 MILLION OR 54 PER CENT), AS DID IMPORTS OF PETROLEUM, PETROLEUM PRODUCTS AND RELATED MATERIALS FROM SINGAPORE (BY $254 MILLION OR 10 PER CENT).

INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN RE-EXPORTS TO CHINA (BY $5 960 MILLION OR 139 PER CENT), U.S.A. (BY $2 275 MILLION OR 68 PER CENT), TAIWAN (BY $999 MILLION OR 70 PER CENT), JAPAN (BY $876 MILLION OR 67 PER CENT), REPUBLIC OF KOREA (SOUTH KOREA) (BY $594 MILLION OR 52 PER CENT), SINGAPORE (BY $327 MILLION OR 16 PER CENT), AUSTRALIA (BY $313 MILLION OR 88 PER CENT) AND MACAU (BY $279 MILLION OR 32 PER CENT). ON THE OTHER HAND, DECLINES WERE REGISTERED IN RE-EXPORTS TO NIGERIA (BY $249 MILLION OR 74 PER CENT) AND PHILIPPINES (BY $101 MILLION OR 14 PER CENT).

MOST COMMODITIES RE-EXPORTED THROUGH HONG KONG EXHIBITED STRONG GROWTH, THE MORE SIGNIFICANT ONES BEING TEXTILES (BY $2 424 MILLION OR 74 PER CENT), ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES, AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF (BY $1 898 MILLION OR 98 PER CENT), CLOTHING (BY $1 122 MILLION OR 58 PER CENT) AND MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURED ARTICLES (BY $798 MILLION OR 62 PER CENT). DECREASES WERE REGISTERED IN RE-EXPORTS OF OIL SEEDS AND OLEAGINOUS FRUIT (BY $97 MILLION OR 47, PER CENT), OTHER TRANSPORT EQUIPMENT (BY $40 MILLION OR 26 PER CENT AND METALLIFEROUS AND METAL SCRAP (EY $31 MILLION OR 32 PER CENT). THE CHANGES IN RE-EXPORTS BY MAJOR COMMODITY DIVISIONS ARE GIVEN IN TABLE 6.

/THE JUNE