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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1986

IMPORTS FROM THE U.S. DROPPED BY ONE PER CENT IN VALUE, WITH DECREASES REGISTERED FOR OFFICE MACHINES AND AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT (BY $385 MILLION OR 19 PER CENT); AS WELL AS TEXTILE FIBRES (OTHER THAN WOOL TOPS) AND THEIR WASTES (BY $154 MILLION OR 82 PER CENT). IMPORTS FROM SINGAPORE DROPPED BY EIGHT PER CENT IN VALUE. DECREASES WERE RECORDED IN PETROLEUM, PETROLEUM PRODUCTS AND RELATED MATERIALS (BY $1 117 MILLION OR 25 PER CENT), AS WELL AS TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $184 MILLION OR 34 PER CENT).

HOWEVER, INCREASES WERE REGISTERED FOR IMPORTS FROM THE U.S. OF NON-METALLIC MINERAL MANUFACTURES (BY $265 MILLION OR 52 PER CENT) AND FOR IMPORTS FROM SINGAPORE OF ELECTRICAL

MACHINERY. APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF (BY $266 MILLION OR 35 PER CENT).

TABLE 4 ILLUSTRATES THE CHANGES IN IMPORTS BY MAJOR COMMODITY DIVISION.

THE CHANGES IN RE-EXPORTS TO THE TEN MAJOR MARKETS ARE SHOWN IN TABLE 5.

COMPARING THE FIRST NINE MONTHS OF 1986 WITH THE SAME PERIOD LAST YEAR, THE VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS TO CHINA DECREASED BY 22 PER CENT. ANALYSED BY COMMODITY, DECREASES WERE RECORDED IN TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $2 456 MILLION OR 58 PER CENT); ROAD VEHICLES, INCLUDING AIR CUSHION VEHICLES (BY $1 830 MILLION OR 77 PER CENT); AS WELL AS ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF (BY $1694 MILLION OR 49 PER CENT). HOWEVER, INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN TEXTILES (BY $744 MILLION OR 11 PER CENT), AS WELL AS LEATHER, LEATHER MANUFACTURES AND DRESSED FURSKINS (BY $430 MILLION OR 170 PER CENT).

OVER THE SAME PERIOD, RE-EXPORTS TO THE U.S. INCREASED BY 48 PER CENT IN VALUE. COMMODITIES WITH INCREASES INCLUDED CLOTHING (BY $2 967 MILLION OR 111 PER CENT), MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURED ARTICLES, INCLUDING MAINLY BABY CARRIAGES, TOYS, GAMES AND SPORTING GOODS (BY $1 067 MILLION OR 41 PER CENT), AS WELL AS TRAVEL GOODS, HANDBAGS AND SIMILAR CONTAINERS (BY $201 MILLION OR 22 PER CENT).

HOWEVER, DECREASES WERE REGISTERED FOR PHOTOGRAPHIC APPARATUS, EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES AND OPTICAL GOODS, WATCHES AND CLOCKS (BY $70 MILLION OR 17 PER CENT); AS WELL AS MEDICINAL AND PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS (BY $57 MILLION OR 72 PER CENT).

/THE VALUE