XN000022-1985-10-13 — Page 4

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1985

HOWEVER, INCREASES WERE REGISTERED IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY OF METALLIFEROUS ORES AND METAL SCRAP (BY $24 MILLION OR 29 PER CENT) AND IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO JAPAN OF MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURED ARTICLES (MAINLY MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS AND PARTS AND ACCESSORIES THEREOF) (BY $9 MILLION OR TWO 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 EIGHT MONTHS OF 1985 COMPARED WITH THE SAME PERIOD LAST YEAR. INCREASES WERE REGISTERED FOR TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $1 347 MILLION OR 43 PER CENT)- ROAD VEHICLES (INCLUDING AIR CUSHION VEHICLES) (BY $992 MILLION OR 47 PER CENT) AS WELL AS OFFICE MACHINES AND AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT (BY $687 MILLION OR 52 PER CENT).

ON THE OTHER HAND, DECREASES WERE REGISTERED FOR TEXTILES (BY $671 MILLION OR 14′ PER CENT) AS WELL AS ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES, AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF (BY 3631 MILLION OR 12 PER CENT).

AS FOR IMPORTS FROM CHINA, DECREASES WERE REGISTERED FOR TEXTILES (BY $1 437 MILLION OR 16 PER CENT); MEAT AND MEAT PREPARATIONS (BY $339 MILLION OR 34 PER CENT) AS WELL AS PETROLEUM, PETROLEUM PRODUCTS AND RELATED MATERIALS (BY $333 MILLION OR 20 PER CENT).

HOWEVER, INCREASES WERE REGISTERED FOR MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURED ARTICLES (MAINLY BABY CARRIAGES, TOYS, GAMES, SPORTING GOODS AS WELL AS JEWELLERY, GOLDSMITHS' AND SILVERSMITHS' WARES, AND OTHER ARTICLES OF PRECIOUS OR SEMI-PRECIOUS MATERIALS) (BY $537 MILLION OR 26 PER CENT) AS WELL AS TRAVEL GOODS, HANDBAGS AND SIMILAR CONTAINERS (BY $326 MILLION OR 43 PR CENT).

DECREASES IN IMPORTS FROM THE U.S. WERE MOSTLY OF ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES, AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF (BY $977 MILLION OR 32 PER CENT); NON-METALLIC MINERAL MANUFACTURES (BY $465 MILLION OR 51 PER CENT) AS WELL AS TEXTILE FIBRES (OTHER THAN WOOL TOPS) AND THEIR WASTES (BY $364 MILLION OR 66 PER CENT). HOWEVER, INCREASES WERE REGISTERED IN INORGANIC CHEMICALS (BY $300 MILLION OR 288 PER CENT) AS WELL AS PHOTOGRAPHIC APPARATUS EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES, OPTICAL GOODS, WATCHES AND CLOCKS (BY $165 MILLION OR 43 PER CENT).

/MEANWHILE,