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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1987

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COMPARING 1986 WITH 1985, THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO THE U.S. INCREASED BY 11 PER CENT. ANALYSED BY COMMODITY, INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN CLOTHING (BY $2 131 MILLION OR 9 PER CENT); MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURED ARTICLES, INCLUDING MAINLY BABY CARRIAGES, TOYS, GAMES AND SPORTING GOODS (BY $2 004 MILLION OR 20 PER CENT) AS WELL AS TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $1 175 MILLION OR 32 PER CENT).

ON THE OTHER HAND, DECREASES WERE RECORDED IN TRAVEL GOODS HANDBAGS AND SIMILAR CONTAINERS (BY $123 MILLION OR 17 PER CENT}; AS WELL AS TRANSPORT EQUIPMENT OTHER THAN ROAD VEHICLES (BY $43 MILLION OR 43 PER CENT).

ON THE SAME BASIS OF COMPARISON, DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO CHINA INCREASED BY 19 PER CENT IN VALUE. INCREASES WERE REGISTERED FOR TEXTILES (BY $1 529 MILLION OR 72 PER CENT); MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURED ARTICLES, INCLUDING MAINLY BABY CARRIAGES, TOYS, GAMES AND SPORTING GOODS (BY $659 MILLION OR 32 PER CENT); AS WELL AS CLOTHING (BY $293 MILLION OR 60 PER CENT).

HOWEVER, DECREASES WERE RECORDED IN OFFICE MACHINES AND AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT (BY $850 MILLION OR 79 PER CENT) AS WELL AS LEATHER, LEATHER MANUFACTURES AND DRESSED FURSKINS (BY $26 MILLION OR 12 PER CENT).

DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY INCREASED BY 38 PER CENT IN VALUE. INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN CLOTHING (BY $1 767 MILLION OR 39 PER CENT) AND OFFICE MACHINES AND AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT (BY $412 MILLION OR 117 PER CENT). HOWEVER, A DECREASE WAS REGISTERED FOR METALLIFEROUS ORES AND METAL SCRAP (BY $107 MILLION OR 79 PER CENT).

DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO THE UNITED KINGDOM WERE UP BY 16 PER CENT, WITH INCREASES IN CLOTHING (BY $997 MILLION OR 26 PER CENT); AND MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURED ARTICLES, INCLUDING MAINLY MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS AND PARTS AND ACCESSORIES THEREOF (BY $207 MILLION OR 18 PER CENT).

DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO JAPAN INCREASED BY 39 PER CENT, WITH GROWTH IN CLOTHING (BY $731 MILLION OR 43 PER CENT); AND MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURED ARTICLES, INCLUDING MAINLY JEWELLERY GOLDSMITHS AND SILVERSMITHS' WARES AND OTHER ARTICLES OF PRECIOUS OR SEMI-PRECIOUS MATERIALS (BY $330 MILLION OR 48 PER CENT).

HOWEVER, A DECREASE WAS REGISTERED FOR DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO THE UNITED KINGDOM OF OFFICE MACHINES AND AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT (BY $249 MILLION OR 45 PER CENT).

THE CHANGES