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MONDAY, JANUARY 12, 1987

THE CHANGES IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO THE TEN MAJOR MARKETS ARE SHOWN IN TABLE 1.

COMPARING JANUARY TO NOVEMBER 1986 WITH THE SAME PERIOD IN 1985, THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO THE U.S. INCREASED BY 11 PER CENT. ANALYSED BY COMMODITY, INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURED ARTICLES, INCLUDING MAINLY BABY CARRIAGES, TOYS, GAMES AND SPORTING GOODS (BY $1 807 MILLION OR 20 PER CENT) CLOTHING (BY $1 786 MILLION OR 8 PER CENT); AS WELL AS TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $1 019 MILLION OR 30 PER CENT).

ON THE OTHER HAND, DECREASES WERE RECORDED IN TRAVEL GOODS, HANDBAGS AND SIMILAR CONTAINERS (BY $103 MILLION OR 16 PER CENT); AS WELL AS TRANSPORT EQUIPMENT OTHER THAN AIR CUSHION VEHICLES (BY $47 MILLION OR 48 PER CENT).

ON THE SAME BASIS OF COMPARISON, DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO CHINA INCREASED BY 15 PER CENT IN VALUE. INCREASES WERE REGISTERED FOR TEXTILES (DY $1 334 MILLION OR 71 PER CENT) MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURED ARTICLES, INCLUDING MAINLY BABY CARRIAGES, TOYS, GAMES AND SPORTING GOODS (BY $540 MILLION OR 29 PER CENT); AS WELL AS CLOTHING (BY $250 MILLION OR 57 PER CENT).

HOWEVER, DECREASES WERE RECORDED IN OFFICE MACHINES AND AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT (BY $851 MILLION OR 81

PER CENT); AS WELL AS ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES, AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF (BY $64 MILLIÓN 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 $1 633 MILLION OR 43 PER CENT) AND OFFICE MACHINES AND AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT (BY $403 MILLION OR 144 PER CENT). HOWEVER, A DECREASE WAS REGISTERED FOR METALLIFEROUS ORES AND METAL SCRAP (BY $108 MILLION OR 82 PER CENT).

DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO THE UNITED KINGDOM WERE UP BY 18 PER CENT WITH INCREASES IN CLOTHING (BY $1 012 MILLION OR 31 PER CENT); AND MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURED ARTICLES, INCLUDING MAINLY MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS AND PARTS AND ACCESSORIES THEREOF (BY $199 MILLION OR 19 PER CENT).

/DOMESTIC EXPORTS