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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1986

COMPARING THE FIRST TEN MONTHS OF 1986 WITH THE SAME PERIOD LAST YEAR, THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO THE U.S. INCREASED BY 11 PER CENT. ANALYSED BY COMMODITY, INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN CLOTHING (BY $1 583 MILLION OR 8 PER CENT); MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURED ARTICLES, INCLUDING MAINLY MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS

AND PARTS AND ACCESSORIES THEREOF (BY $1 554 MILLION OR 19 PER CENT); AS WELL AS TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $854 MILLION OR 28 PER CENT).

ON THE OTHER HAND, DECREASES WERE RECORDED IN TRAVEL GOODS, HANDBAGS AND SIMILAR CONTAINERS (BY $96 MILLION OR 16 PER CENT); AS WELL AS TRANSPORT EQUIPMENT OTHER THAN AIR CUSHION VEHICLES (BY $39 MILLION OR 45 PER CENT).

ON THE SAME BASIS OF COMPARISON, DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO CHINA INCREASED BY 11 PER CENT IN VALUE. INCREASES WERE REGISTERED FOR TEXTILES (BY $1 107 MILLION OR 68 PER CENT); MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURED ARTICLES, INCLUDING MAINLY BABY CARRIAGES, TOYS, GAMES AND SPORTING GOODS (BY $440 MILLION OR 26 PER CENT); AS WELL AS CLOTHING (BY $213 MILLION OR 55 PER CENT).

HOWEVER, DECREASES WERE RECORDED IN OFFICE MACHINES AND AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT (BY $856 MILLION OR 83 PER CENT); AS WELL AS TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $142 MILLION OR 7 PER CENT).

DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY INCREASED BY 40 PER CENT IN VALUE. INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN CLOTHING (BY $1 496 MILLION OR 44 PER CENT) AS WELL AS OFFICE MACHINES AND AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT (BY $388 MILLION OR 178 PER CENT). HOWEVER

HOWEVER, A DECREASE WAS REGISTERED FOR METALLIFEROUS ORES AND METAL SCRAP (BY $102 MILLION OR 82 PER CENT).

DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO THE UNITED KINGDOM WERE UP BY 17 PER CENT, WITH INCREASES IN CLOTHING (BY $963 MILLION OR 33 PER CENT); AND MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURED ARTICLES, INCLUDING MAINLY MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS AND PARTS AND ACCESSORIES THEREOF (BY $167 MILLION OR 17 PER CENT).

DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO JAPAN INCREASED BY 29 PER CENT, WITH GROWTH IN CLOTHING (BY $401 MILLION OR 28 PER CENT); AND MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURED ARTICLES, INCLUDING MAINLY JEWELLERY, GOLDSMITHS' AND SILVERSMI THS' WARES AND OTHER ARTICLES OF PRECIOUS OR SEMI-PRECIOUS MATERIALS (BY $226 MILLION OR 39 PER CENT).

HOWEVER, A DECREASE WAS REGISTERED FOR DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO THE UNITED KINGDOM OF METALLIFEROUS ORES AND METAL SCRAP (BY $241 MILLION OR 83 PER CENT),

THE CHANGES IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS BY MAJOR COMMODITY DIVISION ARE PRESENTED IN TABLE 2.

THE CHANGES

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