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"HURSDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1986

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COMPARING THE FIRST NINE MONTHS OF 1986 WITH THE SAME PERIOD LAST YEAR, THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO THE U.S. INCREASED BY NINE PER CENT. ANALYSED BY COMMODITY, INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN CLOTHING (BY $1 406 MILLION OR EIGHT PER CENT); MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURED ARTICLES, INCLUDING MAINLY MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS AND PARTS AND ACCESSORIES THEREOF (BY $979 MILLION OR 13 PER CENT); AS WELL AS TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $603 MILLION OR 22 PER CENT).

ON THE OTHER HAND, DECREASES WERE RECORDED IN TRAVEL GOODS, HANDBAGS AND SIMILAR CONTAINERS (BY $89 MILLION OR 17 PER CENT) AS WELL AS POWER GENERATING MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT (BY $42 MILLION OR 14 PER CENT).

ON THE SAME BASIS OF COMPARISON, DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO CHINA INCREASED BY SIX PER CENT IN VALUE. INCREASES WERE REGISTERED FOR

TEXTILES BY $917 MILLION OR 64 PER CENT); MISCELLANEOUS

* MANUFACTURED ARTICLES, INCLUDING MAINLY BABY CARRIAGES, TOYS, GAMES

AND SPORTING GOODS (BỶ $313 MILLION OR 20 PER CENT) AS WELL AS CLOTHING (BY $174 MILLION OR 51 PER CENT).

HOWEVER, DECREASES WERE RECORDED IN OFFICE MACHINES AND AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT (BY $857 MILLION OR 85 PER CENT); AS WELL AS TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $295 MILLION OR 15 PER CENT).

DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY INCREASED BY 38 PER CENT IN VALUE. INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN CLOTHING (BY $1 288 MILLION OR 41 PER CENT); OFFICE MACHINES AND AUTOMATIC DATA 'PROCESSING EQUIPMENT (BY $356 MILLION OR 198 PER CENT); AS WELL AS

PHOTOGRAPHIC APPARATUS, EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES AND OPTICAL GOODS, WATCHES AND CLOCKS (BY $161 MILLION OR 33 PER CENT).

HOWEVER, DECREASES WERE REGISTERED FOR METALLIFEROUS ORES AND METAL SCRAP (BY $98 MILLION OR 85 PER CENT); AS WELL AS CRUDE ANIMAL AND VEGETABLE MATERIALS (BY $3 MILLION OR 47 PER CENT).

THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO THE UNITED KINGDOM WAS UP BY 16 PER CENT, WITH INCREASES RECORDED IN CLOTHING (BY $886 MILLION OR 35 PER CENT) AND PHOTOGRAPHIC APPARATUS, EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES AND OPTICAL GOODS, WATCHES AND CLOCKS (BY $134 MILLION OR 35 PER CENT).

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DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO JAPAN INCREASED BY 24 PER CENT IN VALUE, WITH INCREASES RECORDED IN CLOTHING (BY $258 MILLION OR 21 PER CENT); AS WELL AS MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURED ARTICLES, INCLUDING MAINLY JEWELLERY. GOLDSMITHS' AND SILVERSMITHS WARES AND OTHER ARTICLES OF PRECIOUS OR SEMI-PRECIOUS MATERIALS (BY $171 MILLION OR 32 PER CENT).

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/HOWEVER, DECREASES