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SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1985

HOWEVER, INCREASES WERE REGISTERED IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY OF METALL IFEROUS ORES AND METAL SCRAP (BY $31 MILLION OR 45 PER CENT) AS WELL AS ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES, AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF (BY $17 MILLION OR 7 PER CENT) AND IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO JAPAN OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $8 MILLION OR 34 PER CENT).

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

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

DEMAND FOR GOODS IMPORTED FROM JAPAN INCREASED IN THE FIRST SEVEN MONTHS OF 1985 COMPARED WITH THE SAME PERIOD LAST YEAR. INCREASES WERE REGISTERED FOR TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $1 400 MILLION OR 52 PER CENT ROAD VEHICLES (INCLUDING AIR CUSHION VEHICLES) (BY $996 MILLION OR 54 PER CENT) OFFICE MACHINES AND AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT (BY $755 MILLION OR 68 PER CENT); PHOTOGRAPHIC APPARATUS, EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES, OPTICAL GOODS, WATCHES AND CLOCKS (BY $415 MILLION OR 13 PER CENT) AS WELL AS MACHINERY SPECIALISED FOR PARTICULAR INDUSTRIES (BY $401 MILLION OR 56 PER CENT).

HOWEVER, DECREASES WERE REGISTERED FOR TEXTILES (BY $678 MILLION OR 16 PER CENT) AS WELL AS ELECTRICAL MACHINERY APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES, AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF (BY $453 MILLION OR 10 PER CENT).

AS FOR IMPORTS FROM CHINA, LARGE DECREASES WERE REGISTERED FOR TEXTILES (BY $1 366 MILLION OR 18 PER CENT) AS WELL AS MEAT AND MEAT PREPARATIONS (BY $303 MILLION OR 34 PER CENT). HOWEVER, INCREASES WERE REGISTERED FOR TRAVEL GOODS, HANDBAGS AND SIMILAR CONTAINERS (BY $277 MILLION OR 42 PER CENT AS WELL AS CLOTHING (BY $237 MILLION OR 5 PER CENT).

DECREASES IN IMPORTS FROM THE U.S. WERE MOSTLY OF ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES, AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF (BY $806 MILLION OR 31 PER CENT) AND NON-METALLIC MINERAL MANUFACTURES (BY $342 MILLION OR 47 PER CENT).

ON THE OTHER HAND, INCREASES WERE REGISTERED IN INORGANIC CHEMICALS (BY $274 MILLION OR 280 PER CENT); PHOTOGRAPHIC APPARATUS, EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES, OPTICAL GOODS, WATCHES AND CLOCKS (BY $135 MILLION OR 39 PER CENT) AS WELL AS TOBACCO AND TOBACCO MANUFACTURES (BY $126 MILLION OR 17 PER CENT).

MSANTHILE, INCREASES