MONDAY, JANUARY 12, 1987
DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO JAPAN INCREASED BY 34 PER CENT, WITH GROWTH IN CLOTHING (BY $565 MILLION OR 36 PER CENT) AND MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURED ARTICLES, INCLUDING MAINLY JEWELLERY GOLDSMITHS AND SILVERSMITHS WARES AND OTHER ARTICLES OF PRECIOUS OR SEMI-PRECIOUS MATERIALS (BY $282 MILLION OR 44 PER CENT). HOWEVER, A DECREASE WAS REGISTERED FOR DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO THE UNITED KINGDOM OF METALLIFEROUS ORES AND METAL SCRAP (BY $240 MILLION OR 80 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.
IMPORTS FROM CHINA INCREASED BY 39 PER CENT IN VALUE IN JANUARY TO NOVEMBER 1986 AS COMPARED WITH THE SAME PERIOD IN 1985. INCREASES WERE REGISTERED FOR CLOTHING (BY $5 511 MILLION OR 59 PER CENT), TEXTILES (BY $4 807 MILLION OR 43 PER CENT) AND MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURED ARTICLES, INCLUDING MAINLY BABY CARRIAGES, TOYS, GAMES AND SPORTING GOODS (BY $2 042 MILLION OR 55 PER CENT).
HOWEVER, DECREASES WERE REGISTERED FOR TEXTILES FIBRES (OTHER THAN WOOL TOPS) AND THEIR WASTES (BY $498 MILLION OR 26 PER CENT) AS WELL AS PETROLEUM, PETROLEUM PRODUCTS AND RELATED MATERIALS (BY $482 MILLION OR 27 PER CENT).
ON THE SAME BASIS OF COMPARISON, THE VALUE OF IMPORTS FROM JAPAN INCREASED BY 4 PER CENT. INCREASES WERE REGISTERED FOR ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF (BY $1 342 MILLION OR 22 PER CENT); PHOTOGRAPHIC APPARATUS, EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES AND OPTICAL GOODS, WATCHES AND CLOCKS (BY $787 MILLION OR 14 PER CENT); AS WELL AS TEXTILES (BY $777 MILLION OR 13 PER CENT).
ON THE OTHER HAND, DECREASES WERE REGISTERED FOR ROAD VEHICLES, INCLUDING AIR CUSHION VEHICLES (BY $1 761 MILLION OR 47 PER CENT)} AS WELL AS OFFICE MACHINES AND AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT (BY $524 MILLION OR 22 PER CENT).
/THE VALUE
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