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ONDAY, APRIL 14, 1986

INCREASES IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY WERE RECORDED IN CLOTHING (BY $36 MILLION OR FOUR PER CENT) OFFICE MACHINES AND AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT (RY $35 MILLION OR 106 PER CENT) AS WELL AS POWER GENERATING MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT (BY $4 MILLION OR 30 PER CENT).

HOWEVER, DECREASES WERE REGISTERED FOR METALLIFEROUS ORES AND METAL SCRAP (BY $32 MILLION OR 86 PER CENT) AS WELL AS TEXTILES (BY $11 MILLION OR 44 PER CENT).

DECREASES IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO THE UNITED KINGDOM WERE RECORDED IN OFFICE MACHINES AND AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT (BY $70 MILLION OR 48 PER CENT) AS WELL AS METALLIFEROUS HOWEVER. AN ORES AND METAL SCRAP (BY $60 MILLION OR 86 PER CENT). INCREASE WAS REGISTERED FOR DOMESTIC EXPORTS OF TEXTILES (BY $17 MILLION OR 31 PER CENT).

AS FOR DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO CANADA, INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN CLOTHING (BY $44 MILLION OR 15 PER CENT) AS WELL AS TEXTILES (BY $22 MILLION OR 64 PER CENT). HOWEVER, A DECREASE WAS REGISTERED FOR TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $20 MILLION OR 47 PER CENT).

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

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

DEMAND FOR GOODS IMPORTED FROM CHINA INCREASED IN THE FIRST TWO MONTHS OF 1986 AS COMPARED WITH THE SAME PERIOD LAST YEAR. INCREASES WERE REGISTERED FOR CLOTHING (BY $530 MILLION OR 38 PER CENT); TEXTILES (BY $438 MILLION OR 26 PER CENT) AS WELL AS MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURED ARTICLES, INCLUDING MAINLY BABY CARRIAGES, TOYS, GAMES AND SPORTING GOODS (BY $188 MILLION OR 42 PER CENT).

HOWEVER, DECREASES WERE REGISTERED FOR TEXTILES FIBRES (OTHER THAN WOOL TOPS) AND THEIR WASTES (BY $172 MILLION OR 43 PER CENT) AS WELL AS NON-FERROUS METALS (BY $36 MILLION OR 45 PER CENT).

AS FOR IMPORTS FROM JAPAN, DECREASES WERE REGISTERED FOR ROAD VEHICLES, INCLUDING AIR CUSHION VEHICLES (BY $473 MILLION OR 57 PER CENT); TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $349 MILLION OR 31 PER CENT) AS WELL AS OFFICE MACHINES AND AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT (BY $277 MILLION OR 58 PER CENT).

ON THE OTHER HAND, INCREASES WERE REGISTERED FOR POWER GENERATING MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT (BY $145 MILLION OR 211 PER CENT) AS WELL AS GENERAL INDUSTRIAL MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT, AND MACHINE PARTS (BY $126 MILLION OR 52 PER CENT).

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