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THURSDAY, MARCH 13, 1986

AS FOR IMPORTS FROM JAPAN, DECREASES WERE REGISTERED FOR ROAD VEHICLES (INCLUDING AIR CUSHION VEHICLES) (BY $231 MILLION OR 55 PER CENT) TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $201 MILLION OR 37 PER CENT) AS WELL AS OFFICE MACHINES AND AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT (BY $135 MILLION OR 58 PER CENT). ON THE OTHER HAND, INCREASES WERE REGISTERED FOR POWER GENERATING MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT (BY 153 MILLION OR 751 PER CENT) AS WELL AS GENERAL INDUSTRIAL MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT, AND MACHINE PARTS (BY $83 MILLION OR 68 PER CENT),

DECREASES IN IMPORTS FROM THE U.S. WERE REGISTERED FOR ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES, AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF (BY $130 MILLION OR 41 PER CENT) OFFICE MACHINES AND AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT (BY $121 MILLION OR 40 PER CENT) AS WELL AS TOBACCO AND TOBACCO MANUFACTURES (BY $63 MILLION OR 3 PER CENT). HOWEVER. INCREASES WERE REGISTERED FOR VEGETABLES AND FRUIT (BY $38 MILLION OR 48 PER CENT) AS WELL AS CRUDE ANIMAL AND VEGETABLE MATERIALS (BY $34 MILLION OR 357 PER CENT).

DECREASES IN IMPORTS FROM TAIWAN WERE RECORDED IN ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES, AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF (BY $103 MILLION OR 41 PER CENT) AS WELL AS OFFICE MACHINES AND AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT (BY $56 MILLION OR 79 PER CENT).

IMPORTS OF PETROLEUM, PETROLEUM PRODUCTS AND RELATED MATERIALS AS WELL AS TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT FROM SINGAPORE ALSO FELL (BY $267 MILLION OR 39 PER CENT AND $115 MILLION OR 83 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY). HOWEVER, INCREASES WERE REGISTERED FOR IMPORTS FROM TAIWAN OF TEXTILES (BY $53 MILLION OR 10 PER CENT), AND IN IMPORTS FROM SINGAPORE OF ORGANIC CHEMICALS (BY $22 MILLION OR 785 PER CENT).

TABLE 4 ILLUSTRATES THE CHANGES IN IMPORTS BY MAJOR COMMODITY DIVISION.

THE CHANGES IN RE-EXPORTS TO THE TEN MAJOR MARKETS ARE SHOWN IN TABLE 5.

COMPARING JANUARY 1986 WITH THE SAME MONTH LAST YEAR, THE VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS TO CHINA DECREASED BY 31 PER CENT. ANALYSED BY COMMODITY, DECREASES WERE RECORDED IN TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $385 MILLION OR 68 PER CENT) OFFICE MACHINES AND AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT (BY $365 MILLION OR 84 PER CENT) AS WELL AS ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES, AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF (BY $229 MILLION OR 61 PER CENT).

HOWEVER, INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN LEATHER, LEATHER MANUFACTURES AND DRESSED FURSKINS (BY $40 MILLION OR 170 PER CENT) AS WELL AS MACHINERY SPECIALISED FOR PARTICULAR INDUSTRIES (BY $31 MILLION OR 15 PER CENT).

INCREASES IS