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MONDAY, APRIL 14, 1986

DECREASES IN IMPORTS FRO THE U.S. WERE REGISTERED FOR ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES, AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF (BY $209 MILLION OR 35 PER CENT) OFFICE MACHINES AND AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT (BY $174 MILLION OR 34 PER CENT) AS WELL AS TOBACCO AND TOBACCO MANUFACTURES (BY $132 MILLION OR 34 PER CENT).

HOWEVER, INCREASES WERE REGISTERED FOR OTHER TRANSPORT EQUIPMENT (BỶ $549 MILLION OR 974 PER CENT) AS WELL AS PETROLEUM, PETROLEUM PRODUCTS AND RELATED MATERIALS (BY $82 MILLION OR 1 080 PER CENT).

DECREASES IN IMPORTS FROM TAIWAN WERE RECORDED IN ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES, AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF (BY $251 MILLION OR 48 PER CENT) AS WELL AS OFFICE MACHINES AND AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT (BY $119 MILLION OR 79 PER CENT). HOWEVER, AN INCREASE WAS REGISTERED FOR IMPORTS OF TEXTILES (BY $119 MILLION OR 13 PER CENT).

AS FOR IMPORTS FROM SINGAPORE, INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN PETROLEUM, PETROLEUM PRODUCTS AND RELATED MATERIALS (BY $89 MILLION OR NINE PER CENT) AS WELL AS GAS, NATURAL AND MANUFACTURED (BY $32 MILLION OR 87 PER CENT). HOWEVER, A DECREASE WAS REGISTERED FOR TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $124 MILLION OR 70 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 THE FIRST TWO MONTHS OF 1986 WITH THE SAME PERIOD LAST YEAR, THE VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS TO CHINA DECREASED BY 32 PER CENT. ANALYSED BY COMMODITY, DECREASES WERE RECORDED IN TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $732 MILLION OR 68 PER CENT) OFFICE MACHINES AND AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT (BY $656 MILLION OR 85 PER CENT) AS WELL AS ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES, AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF (BY $549 MILLION OR 67 PER CENT).

HOWEVER, INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN LEATHER, LEATHER MANUFACTURES AND DRESSED FURSKINS (BY $60 MILLION OR 149 PËR CENT) AS WELL AS ORGANIC CHEMICALS (BY $49 MILLION OR 258 PER CENT).

INCREASES IN RE-EXPORTS TO THE U.S. WERE RECORDED IN CLOTHING (BY $360 MILLION OR 57 PER CENT); MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURED ARTICLES, INCLUDING MAINLY BABY CARRIAGES, TOYS, GAMES AND SPORTING GOODS (BY $35 MILLION OR EIGHT PER CENT) AS WELL AS FISH, CRUSTACEANS AND MOLLUSCS, AND PREPARATIONS THEREOF (BY $31 MILLION OR 86 PER CENT).

/HOWEVER, DECREASES

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