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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1984

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THE CHANGES IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS BY MAJOR COMMODITY DIVISIONS ARE PRESENTED IN TABLE 2.

THE CHANGES IN IMPORTS FROM THE 10 MAJOR SOURCES ARE SUMMARISED IN TABLE 3.

INCREASE

DEMAND FOR IMPORTED GOODS FROM CHINA REMAINED STRONG. WERE RECORDED MAINLY IN TEXTILES (BY $4 106 MILLION OR 71 PER CENT), CLOTHING (BY $2 351 MILLION OR 54 PER CENT), TEXTILE FIBRES (OTHER THAN WOOL TOPS) AND THEIR WASTES (BY $1 063 MILLION OR 205 PER CENT), TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $570 MILLION OR 126 PER CENT) AND BABY CARRIAGES, TOYS, GAMES AND SPORTING GOODS (BY $514 MILLION OR 191 PER CENT).

AS FOR IMPORTS FROM JAPAN, INCREASES WERE REGISTERED FOR ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES, AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF (BY $2 022 MILLION OR 53 PER CENT), AND TEXTILES

HOWEVER, DECREASES WERE (BY $1 320 MILLION OR 32 PER CENT). REGISTERED FOR BABY CARRIAGES, TOYS, GAMES AND SPORTING GOODS (BY $11 MILLION OR 3 PER CENT) AND FISH, CRUSTACEANS AND MOLLUSCS, AND PREPARATIONS THEREOF (BY $3 MILLION OR 1 PER CENT).

INCREASES IN IMPORTS FROM THE U.S.A. WERE MOSTLY OF ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES, AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF (BY $1 136 MILLION OR 50 PER CENT), OFFICE MACHINES AND AUTOMATIC

AND DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT (BY $740 MILLION OR 58 PER CENT), TEXTILE FIBRES (OTHER THAN WOOL TOPS) AND THE IR WASTES (BY $405 MILLION OR 224 PER CENT). ON THE OTHER HAND, DECREASES WERE REGISTERED IN IMPORTS OF PETROLEUM, PETROLEUM PRODUCTS AND RELATED MATERIALS (BY $354 MILLION OR 56 PER CENT), AND MANUFACTURES OF METAL (BY $101 MILLION OR 22 PER CENT).

DECREASES WERE REGISTERED IN IMPORTS FROM TAIWAN OF OFFICE AND STATIONERY SUPPLIES (BY $23 MILLION OR 33 PER CENT) AND IN IMPORTS FROM SINGAPORE OF WATCHES AND CLOCKS (BY $164 MILLION OR 40 PER CENT). HOWEVER, IMPORTS OF TEXTILES FROM TAIWAN INCREASED (BY $1 406 MILLION OR 51 PER CENT), AS DID IMPORTS OF PETROLEUM, PETROLEUM PRODUCTS AND RELATED MATERIALS FROM SINGAPORE (BY $956 MILLION OR 23 PER CENT).

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

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

INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN RE-EXPORTS TO CHINA (BY $9 868 MILLION OR 129 PER CENT), U.S.A. (BY $3 337 MILLION OR 61 PER CENT), TAIWAN (BY $1 290 MILLION OR 55 PER CENT), JAPAN (BY $1 236 MILLION OR 59 PER CENT), THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA (SOUTH KOREA) (BY $873 MILLION OR 50 PER CENT), AUSTRALIA (BY $448 MILLION OR 73 PER CENT), MACAU (BY $374 MILLION OR 28 PER CENT) AND THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY (BY $332 MILLION OR 70 PER CENT). ON THE OTHER HAND, DECLINES WERE REGISTERED IN RE-EXPORTS TO NIGERIA (BY $291 MILLION OR 69 PER CENT) AND INDONESIA (BY $183 MILLION OR 6 PER CENT).

THE CHANGES