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THURSDAY, AUGUST 21, 1986

HOWEVER, DECREASES WERE RECORDED IN METALLIFEROUS ORES AND METAL SCRAP TO THE UNITED KINGDOM (BY $200 MILLION OR 92 PER CENT) AND THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY (BY $77 MILLION OR 87 PER CENT); POWER GENERATING MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT TO THE U.S. (BY $18 MILLION OR 51 PER CENT) AS WELL AS ME ALWORKING MACHINERY TO THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA (BY $4 MILLION CR 76 PER CENT).

AIRBORNE IMPORTS FROM MAJOR SUPPLIERS ARE PRESENTED IN TABLE 2.

INCREASES WERE REGISTERED FOR AIRBORNE IMPORTS OF PHOTOGRAPHIC APPARATUS, EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES AND OPTICAL GOODS, WATCHES AND CLOCKS (BY $1 107 MILLION OR 28 PER CENT); NON-MÉTALLIC MINERAL MANUFACTURES (BY $1 036 MILLION OR 53 PER CENT) ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF (BY $418 MILLION OR 8 PER CENT) AS WELL AS CLOTHING (BY $224 MILLION OR 38 PER CENT).

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IN CONTRAST, DECREASES WERE NOTED IN IMPORTS OF OFFICE MACHINES AND AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT (3Y $992 MILLION OR 38 PER CENT); POWER GENERATING MACHINER AND EQUIPMENT (BY $114 MILLION OR 38 PER CENT) AS WELL AS MACHINERY SPECIALISED FOR PARTICULAR INDUSTRIES (B $70 MILLION OR 21 PER CENT).

INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN AIRBORNE IMPORTS OF PHOTOGRAPHIC APPARATUS. EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES AND OPTICAL GOODS, WATCHES AND CLOCKS FROM SWITZERLAND (BY $514 MILLION OR 72 PER CENT) AND JAPAN (BY $471 MILLION OR 24 PER CENT); NON-METALLIC MINERAL MANUFACTURES FROM ISRAEL (BY $278 MILLION OR 51 PER CENT) AND INDIA (BY $259 MILLION OR 78 PER CENT); ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF FROM MALAYSIA WEST (BY $241 MILLION OR 153 PER CENT) AS WELL AS CLOTHING FROM ITALY (BY $59 MILLION OR 35 PER CENT).

ON THE OTHER HAND, DECREASES WERE REGISTERED FOR AIRBORNE IMPORTS OF OFFICE MACHINES AND AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT FROM THE U.S. (BY $342 MILLION OR 26 PER CENT) AND JAPAN (BY $248 MILLION OR 59 PER CENT); POWER GENERATING MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT FROM THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY (BY $55 MILLION OR 92 PER CENT) AS WELL AS MACHINERY SPECIALISED FOR PARTICULAR INDUSTRIES FROM THE U.S. (BY $76 MILLION OR 60 PER CENT).

AIRBORNE RE-EXPORTS TO MAJOR MARKETS ARE SHOWN IN TABLE 3.

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