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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1986

MOST COMMODITIES EXPORTED TO CHINA INCREASED RAPIDLY IN VALUE, PARTICULARLY MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURED ARTICLES, MAINLY BABY CARRIAGES, TOYS, GAMES AND SPORTING GOODS AS WELL AS PRINTED MATTER (BY $575 MILLION OR 38 PER CENT); PHOTOGRAPHIC APPARATUS, EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES, OPTICAL GOODS, WATCHES AND CLOCKS (BY $509 MILLION OR 108 PER CENT) AS WELL AS OFFICE MACHINES AND AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT (BY $421 MILLION OR 64 PER CENT). HOWEVER, DECREASES WERE REGISTERED FOR FEEDING STUFF FOR ANIMALS (NOT INCLUDING UNMILLED CEREALS) (BY $34 MILLION OR 48 PER CENT) AS WELL AS NON-METALLIC MINERAL MANUFACTURES (BY $30 MILLION OR 18 PER CENT).

DECREASES IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO THE UNITED KINGDOM WERE RECORDED IN OFFICE MACHINES AND AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT (BY $644 MILLION OR 54 PER CENT); CLOTHING (BY $577 MILLION OR 13 PER CENT) AND MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURED ARTICLES (MAINLY BABY CARRIAGES, TOYS, GAMES AND SPORTING GOODS AS WELL AS MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS AND PARTS AND ACCESSORIES THEREOF (BY $162 MILLION OR 12 PER CENT). HOWEVER, INCREASES WERE REGISTERED FOR MANUFACTURES OF METAL (BY $5 MILLION OR TWO PER CENT) AS WELL AS MISCELLANEOUS EDIBLE PRODUCTS AND PREPARATIONS (BY $4 MILLION OR 23 PER CENT).

DECREASES IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY WERE RECORDED IN CLOTHING (BY $991 MILLION OR 18 PER CENT) AS WELL AS OFFICE MACHINES AND AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT (BY $177 MILLION OR 33 PER CENT). DOMESTIC EXPORTS OF CLOTHING AS WELL AS ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES, AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF TO JAPAN ALSO FELL (BY $407 MILLION OR 19 PER CENT AND BY $99 MILLION OR 39 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY).

HOWEVER, INCREASES WERE REGISTERED FOR DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY OF ELECTRICAL MACHINERY APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES, AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF (BY $11 MILLION OR THREE PER CENT, AND IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO JAPAN OF PHOTOGRAPHIC APPARATUS, EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES, OPTICAL GOODS, WATCHES AND CLOCKS (BÝ $23 MILLION OR FIVE PER CENT).

IMPORTS

DEMAND FOR GOODS IMPORTED FROM CHINA INCREASED IN 1985 AS COMPARED WITH 1984. INCREASES WERE REGISTERED FOR CLOTHING (BY $1 260 MILLION OR 14 PER CENT) MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACUTURED ARTICLES (MAINLY BABY CARRIAGES, TOYS, GAMES AND SPORTING GOODS, AS WELL AS JEWELLERY, GOLDSMITHS' AND SILVERSMITHS' WARES, AND OTHER ARTICLES OF PRECIOUS OR SEMI-PRECIOUS MATERIALS) (BY $919 MILLION OR 28 PER CENT), AS WELL AS PHOTOGRAPHIC APPARATUS, EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES, OPTICAL GOODS, WATCHES AND CLOCKS (BY $532 MILLION OR 55 PER CENT). HOWEVER, DECREASES WERE REGISTERED FOR PETROLEUM, PETROLEUM PRODUCTS AND RELATED MATERIALS (BY $453 MILLION OR 19 PER CENT) AS WELL AS MEAT AND MEAT PREPARATIONS (BY $347 MILLION OR 23 PER CENT).

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