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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 16, 1986

OVERSEAS MARKETS FOR DOMESTIC EXPORTS WITH NOTABLE DECREASES WERE THE U.S. (BY $3 687 MILLION OR 6 PER CENT) AND THE UNITED KINGDOM (BY $1 950 MILLION OR 19 PER CENT).

HOWEVER, A SUBSTANTIAL INCREASE WAS RECORDED FOR DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO CHINA (BY $3 906 MILLION OR 35 PER CENT).

BY COMMODITY CATEGORIES, SUBSTANTIAL GROWTH IN VALUE WAS REGISTERED FOR IMPORTS OF PHOTOGRAPHIC APPARATUS, EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES AND OPTICAL GOODS, N.E.S., AND WATCHES AND CLOCKS (BY $1 749 MILLION OR 15 PER CENT) AS WELL AS ARTICLES OF APPAREL AND CLOTHING ACCESSORIES (BY $1 562 MILLION OR 14 PER CENT).

IMPORTS OF ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES, N.E.S. AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF AS WELL AS PETROLEUM, PETROLEUM PRODUCTS AND RELATED MATERIALS DROPPED IN 1985 (BY $3 496 MILLION OR 15 PER CENT, AND $1 638 MILLION OR 16 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY).

DECREASES IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS WERE RECORDED IN TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $2 010 MILLION OR 18 PER CENT) AND OFFICE MACHINES AND AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT (BY $1 934 MILLION OR 22 PER CENT).

HOWEVER, INCREASES WERE REGISTERED FOR DOMESTIC EXPORTS OF PHOTOGRAPHIC APPARATUS, EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES AND OPTICAL GOODS, N.E.S., AND WATCHES AND CLOCKS (BY $476 MILLION OR 5 PER CENT) AS WELL AS TOBACCO AND TOBACCO MANUFACTURES (BY $384 MILLION OR 74 PER CENT).

RE-EXPORT TRADE IN 1985 GREW BY 26 PER CENT IN VALUE. RE-EXPORTS TO CHINA AND THE U.S. INCREASED SIGNIFICANTLY BY $17 959 MILLION OR 64 PER CENT AND $2 596 MILLION OR 21 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY. DECREASES WERE RECORDED FOR INDONESIA (BY $1 353 MILLION OR 37 PER CENT) AND TAIWAN (BY $543 MILLION OR 11 PER CENT).

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THE COMMODITIES WITH SUBSTANTIAL GROWTH WERE TEXTILE YARN FABRICS, MADE-UP ARTICLES, N.E.S. AND RELATED PRODUCTS (BY $3 291 MILLION OR 26 PER CENT), AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $2 409 MILLION OR 52 PER CENT).

HOWEVER. DECREASES WERE REGISTERED FOR MANUFACTURED FERTILIZERS (BY $110 MILLION OR 57 PER CENT) AND FEEDING STUFF FOR ANIMALS, NOT INCLUDING UNMILLED CEREALS (BY $62 MILLION OR 38 PER CENT).

IN 1985, RE-EXPORTS OF CHINA ORIGIN INCREASED BY $6 522 MILLION OR 23 PER CENT, WITH THE LARGEST INCREASE RECORDED IN ARTICLES OF APPAREL AND CLOTHING ACCESSORIES (BY $1 479 MILLION OR 26 PER CENT).

/THE U.S.