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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1985

THE CHANGES IN AIRBORNE IMPORTS BY MAJOR SUPPLIER ARE GIVEN IN TABLE 2.

INCREASES WERE REGISTERED IN AIRBORNE IMPORTS OF OFFICE MACHINES AND AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT (BY $735 MILLION OR 39 PER CENT); AIRCRAFT AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT AND PARTS THEREOF (BY $552 MILLION OR 302 PER CENT); TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $348 MILLION OR 53 PER CENT) AS WELL AS POWER GENERATING MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT (BY $113 MILLION OR 59 PER CENT).

IN CONTRAST, DECREASES WERE NOTED IN IMPORTS OF THERMIONIC, COLD CATHODE AND PHOTO-CATHODE VALVES AND TUBES, PHOTOCELLS, TRANSISTORS AND PARTS (BY $958 MILLION OR 18 PER CENT); TANNED OR DRESSED FURSKINS (BY $201 MILLION OR 32 PER CENT) AS WELL AS PEARLS, PRECIOUS AND SEMI-PRECIOUS STONES (BY $152 MILLION OR 7 PER CENT).

GROWTH WAS RECORDED IN AIRBORNE IMPORTS OF OFFICE MACHINES AND AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT FROM JAPAN (BY $146 MILLION OR 54 PER CENT) AND THE U.S. (BY $116 MILLION OR 10 PER CENT); AIRCRAFT AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT AND PARTS THEREOF FROM THE U.S. (BY $500 MILLION OR 369 PER CENT) AND THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY (BY $20 MILLION OR 230 PER CENT); TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT FROM SINGAPORE (BY $152 MILLION OR 586 PER CENT) AS WELL AS POWER GENERATING MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT FROM THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY (BY $44 MILLION OR 272 PER CENT).

ON THE OTHER HAND, DECREASES WERE REGISTERED IN AIRBORNE IMPORTS OF THERMIONIC, COLD CATHODE AND PHOTO-CATHODE VALVES AND TUBES, PHOTOCELLS, TRANSISTORS AND PARTS FROM THE U.S. (BY $381 MILLION OR 25 PER CENT) AND FROM MALAYSIA WEST (BY $181 MILLION OR 54 PER CENT); TANNED AND DRESSED FURSKINS FROM THE UNITED KINGDOM (BY $196 MILLION OR 50 PER CENT) AS WELL AS PEARLS, PRECIOUS AND SEMI-PRECIOUS STONES FROM BELGIUM AND LUXEMBOURG (BY $96 MILLION OR 20 PER CENT).

THE CHANGES IN AIRBORNE RE-EXPORTS BY MAJOR MARKET ARE GIVEN IN TABLE 3.

DECREASES IN VALUE OF AIRBORNE RE-EXPORTS WERE REGISTERED FOR THERMIONIC, COLD CATHODE AND PHOTO-CATHODE VALVES AND TUBES, PHOTOCELLS, TRANSISTORS AND PARTS (BY $426 MILLION OR 18 PER CENT); WATCHES AND CLOCKS (BY $168 MILLION OR 13 PER CENT) AS WELL AS TEXTILES (BY $43 MILLION OR 22 PER CENT).

HOWEVER, INCREASES WERE REGISTERED IN AIRBORNE RE-EXPORTS OF AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING MACHINES AND UNITS THEREOF (BY $169 MILLION OR 98 PER CENT) AS WELL AS FISH (BY $81 MILLION OR 50 PER CENT).

/DECREASES WERB

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