XN000022-1986-09-12 — Page 8

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1986

HOWEVER, DECREASES WERE REGISTERED FOR METALLIFEROUS ORES AND METAL SCRAP (BY $85 MILLION OR 85 PER CENT) AS WELL AS TEXTILES (BY $5 MILLION OR 7 PER CENT).

THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO THE UNITED KINGDOM WAS

UP BY 12 PER CENT, WITH INCREASES RECORDED IN CLOTHING (BY 3612 MILLION OR 31 PER CENT) AND TEXTILES (BY $101 MILLION OR 43 PER CENT). DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO JAPAN INCREASED BY 19 PER CENT IN VALUE, WITH INCREASES RECORDED IN CLOTHING (BY $115 MILLION OR 15 PER CENT) AS WELL AS MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURED ARTICLES, INCLUDING MAINLY JEWELLERY, GOLDSMITH AND SILVERSMITH WARES AND OTHER ARTICLES OF PRECIOUS OR SEMI-PRECIOUS MATERIALS (BY $112 MILLION OR 26 PER CENT).

HOWEVER, DECREASES WERE REGISTERED FOR DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO THE UNITED KINGDOM OF OFFICE MACHINES AND AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT (BY $214 MILLION OR 53 PER CENT) AND FOR DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO JAPAN OF ARTIFICIAL RESINS, PLASTIC MATERIALS, CELLULOSE ESTERS AND ETHERS (BY $39 MILLION OR 51 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 SIGNIFICANTLY BY 37 PER CENT IN VALUE IN THE FIRST SEVEN MONTHS OF 1986 AS COMPARED WITH THE SAME PERIOD LAST YEAR. INCREASES WERE REGISTERED FOR TEXTILES (BY $3 076 MILLION OR 48 PER CENT); CLOTHING (BY $3 010 MILLION OR 57 PER CENT) AS WELL AS MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURED ARTICLES, INCLUDING MAINLY BABY CARRIAGES, TOYS, GAMES AND SPORTING GOODS (BY $1 016 MILLION OR 48 PER CENT).

HOWEVER, DECREASES WERE REGISTERED FOR TEXTILE FIBRES (OTHER THAN WOOL TOPS) AND THEIR WASTES (BY $412 MILLION OR 32 PER CENT) AS WELL AS PETROLEUM, PETROLEUM PRODUCTS AND RELATED MATERIALS (BY $237 MILLION OR 21 PER CENT).

COMPARING THE FIRST SEVEN MONTHS OF 1986 WITH THE SAME PERIOD LAST YEAR, THE VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS TO CHINA DECREASED BY 26 PER CENT. ANALYSED BY COMMODITY, DECREASES WERE RECORDED IN TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $2 368 MILLION OR 64 PER CENT): ROAD VEHICLES, INCLUDING AIR CUSHION VEHICLES (BY $1 641 MILLION OR 80 PER CENT) AS WELL AS OFFICE MACHINES AND AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT (BY $1 580 MILLION OR 73 PER CENT).

HOWEVER, INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN TEXTILES (BY $445 MILLION OR 8 PER CENT) AS WELL AS LEATHER, LEATHER MANUFACTURES AND DRESSED FUR SKINS (BY $319 MILLION OR 188 PER CENT).

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