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NDA., JULY 15, 1985

DECREASES IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY WERE RECORDED IN CLOTHING (BY $509 MILLION OR 24 PER CENT) AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $111 MILLION OR 47 PER CENT). DOMESTIC EXPORTS OF CLOTHING TO JAPAN ALSO FELL (BY $104 MILLION OR 18 PER CENT).

HOWEVER, INCREASES WERE REGISTERED IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY OF METALL IFEROUS ORES AND METAL SCRAP (BY $46 MILLION OR 146 PER CENT) AND WATCHES AND CLOCKS (BY $32 MILLION OR 16 PER CENT) AND IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO JAPAN OF TEXTILES (BY $12 MILLION OR 30 PER CENT).

IMPORTS

DEMAND FOR GOODS IMPORTED FROM JAPAN INCREASED IN THE FIRST FIVE MONTHS OF 1985 COMPARED WITH THE SAME PERIOD LAST YEAR. INCREASES WERE REGISTERED FOR TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $1 284 MILLION OR 70 PER CENT), ROAD VEHICLES (INCLUDING AIR CUSHION VEHICLES) (BY $987 MILLION OR 78 PER CENT), OFFICE MACHINES AND AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT (BY $706 MILLION OR 97 PER CENT), MACHINERY SPECIALISED FOR PARTICULAR INDUSTRIES (BY $311 MILLION OR 63 PER CENT) AND POWER GENERATING MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT (BY $138 MILLION OR 125 PER CENT). HOWEVER, DECREASES WERE REGISTERED FOR TEXTILES (BY $475 MILLION OR 16 PER CENT) AND MANUFACTURES OF METAL (BY $153 MILLION OR 25 PER CENT).

AS FOR IMPORTS FROM CHINA, LARGE DECREASES WERE REGISTERED FOR TEXTILES (BY $1 195 MILLION OR 21 PER CENT) AND MEAT AND MEAT PREPARATIONS (BY $207 MILLION OR 31 PER CENT). HOWEVER, INCREASES WERE REGISTERED FOR TEXTILE FIBRES (OTHER THAN WOOL TOPS) AND THEIR WASTES (BY $218 MILLION OR 28 PER CENT) AND TRAVEL GOODS, HAND BAGS AND SIMILAR CONTAINERS (BY $193 MILLION OR 44 PER CENT).

DECREASES IN IMPORTS FROM THE U.S.A. WERE MOSTLY OF TRANSPORT EQUIPMENT OTHER THAN ROAD AND AIR CUSHION VEHICLES (BY $461 MILLION OR 79 PER CENT) AND ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES, AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF (BY $423 MILLION OR 23 PER CENT).

ON THE OTHER HAND, INCREASES WERE REGISTERED IN TOBACCO AND TOBACCO MANUFACTURES (BY $156 MILLION OR 29 PER CENT), OFFICE MACHINES AND AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT (BY $124 MILLION OR 12 PER CENT) AND INORGANIC CHEMICALS (BY $88 MILLION OR 139 PER CENT).

MEANWHILE, INCREASES