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TUESDAY, JUNE 11, 1985

IMPORTS

DEMAND FOR GOODS IMPORTED FROM JAPAN INCREASED IN THE FIRST FOUR MONTHS OF 1985 COMPARED WITH THE SAME PERIOD LAST YEAR. INCREASES WERE REGISTERED FOR TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $1 197 MILLION OR 83 PER CENT), ROAD VEHICLES (INCLUDING AIR CUSHION VEHICLES) (BY $783 MILLION OR 78 PER CENT), OFFICE MACHINES AND AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT (BY $665 MILLION OR 122 PER CENT), MACHINERY SPECIALISED FOR PARTICULAR INDUSTRIES (BY $238 MILLIÓN OR 62 PER CENT) AND POWER GENERATING MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT (BY $100 MILLION OR 122 PER CENT). HOWEVER, DECREASES WERE REGISTERED FOR TEXTILES (BY $282 MILLION OR 12 PER CENT) AND MANUFACTURES OF METAL (BY $135 MILLION OR 28 PER CENT).

AS FOR IMPORTS FROM CHINA, LARGE DECREASES WERE REGISTERED FOR TEXTILES (BY $927 MILLION OR 21 PER CENT) AND MEAT AND MEAT PREPARATIONS (BY $165 MILLION OR 30 PER CENT). HOWEVER, INCREASES WERE REGISTERED FOR TEXTILES FIBRES (OTHER THAN WOOL TOPS) AND THEIR WASTES (BY $186 MILLION OR 31 PER CENT) AND CLOTHING (BY $160 MILLION OR SIX PER CENT).

INCREASES IN IMPORTS FROM THE U.S.A. WERE MOSTLY OF TOBACCO AND TOBACCO MANUFACTURES (BY $212 MILLION OR 54 PER CENT), OFFICE MACHINES AND AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT (BY $182 MILLION OR 23 PER CENT), AND MANUFACTURES OF METAL (BY $67 MILLION OR 63 PER CENT). ON THE OTHER HAND, DECREASES WERE REGISTERED IN TRANSPORT EQUIPMENT OTHER THAN ROAD AND AIR CUSHION VEHICLES (BY $465 MILLION OR 82 PER CENT) AND ELECTRICAL MACHINERY APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES, AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF (BỶ $301 MILLION OR 21 PER CENT),

MEANWHILE, INCREASES WERE REGISTERED IN IMPORTS FROM TAIWAN OF ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES, AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF (BY $565 MILLION OR 74 PER CENT) AND IN IMPORTS FROM SINGAPORE OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $258 MILLION OR 237 PER CENT). HOWEVER, IMPORTS OF VEGETABLES AND FRUIT FROM TAIWAN DECREASED (BY $25 MILLION OR 20 PER CENT), AS DID IMPORTS OF PETROLEUM, PETROLEUM PRODUCTS AND RELATED MATERIALS FROM SINGAPORE (BY $150 MILLION OR EIGHT PER CENT).

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