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THURSDAY, MARCH 12, 1987

IMPORTS FROM CHINA INCREASED BY 34 PER CENT IN VALUE IN JANUARY 1987 AS COMPARED WITH JANUARY 1986. INCREASES WERE REGISTERED FOR CLOTHING (BY $566 MILLION OR 49 PER CENT), TEXTILES (BY $282 MILLION OR 21 PER CENT), AND MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURED ARTICLES, INCLUDING MAINLY BABY CARRIAGES, TOYS, GAMES AND SPORTING GOODS (BY $228 MILLION OR 61 PER CENT).

HOWEVER, DECREASES WERE REGISTERED FOR METALLIFEROUS ORES AND METAL SCRAP (BY $61 MILLION OR 82 PER CENT); AS WELL AS PETROLEUM, PETROLEUM PRODUCTS AND RELATED MATERIALS (BY $30 MILLION OR 19 PER CENT).

ON THE SAME BASIS OF COMPARISON, THE VALUE OF IMPORTS FROM JAPAN INCREASED BY 14 PER CENT. INCREASES WERE REGISTERED FOR ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF (BY $162 MILLION OR 33 PER CENT); TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $111 MILLION OR 32 PER CENT) AS WELL AS IRON AND STEEL (BY $94 MILLION OR 52 PER CENT). ON THE OTHER HAND, DECREASES WERE REGISTERED IN TEXTILES (BY $45 MILLION OR 11 PER CENT); AND MANUFACTURES OF METAL (BY $34 MILLION OR 30 PER CENT).

THE VALUE OF IMPORTS FROM TAIWAN WAS UP BY 44 PER CENT. INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN TEXTILES (BY $220 MILLION OR 37 PER CENT); AND ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF (BY $127 MILLION OR 86 PER CENT). HOWEVER, A DECREASE WAS REGISTERED FOR IRON AND STEEL (BY $36 MILLIÓN OR 66 PER CENT).

IMPORTS FROM THE U.S. WERE UP BY 14 PER CENT, WITH INCREASES IN TRANSPORT EQUIPMENT OTHER THAN ROAD VEHICLES (BY $58 MILLION OR 226 PER CENT) AS WELL AS ARTIFICIAL RESINS, PLASTIC MATERIALS, CELLULOSE ESTERS AND THERS (BY $54 MILLION OR 89 PER CENT).

IMPORTS FROM THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA ROSE BY 67 PER CENT, WITH INCREASES IN TEXTILES (BY $90 MILLION OR 36 PER CENT), AND ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES AND ELECTRIAL PARTS THEREOF (BY $77 MILLION OR 99 PER CENT). HOWEVER, A DECREASE WAS REGISTERED FOR IMPORTS FROM THE U.S. OF INORGANIC CHEMICALS (BY #27 MILLION OR 74 PER CENT).

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

THE CHANGES IN RE-EXPORTS TO THE TEN MAJOR MARKETS ÅRE SHOWN IN TABLE 9.

COMPARING JANUARY 1987 WITH JANUARY 1986, THE VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS TO CHINA INCREASED BY 37 PER CENT. ANALYSED BY COMMODITY, INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN OFFICE MACHINES AND AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT (BY $237 MILLION OR

AND 335 PER CENT); TEXTILES (BY $186 MILLION OR 26 PER CENT), PHOTOGRAPHIC APPARATUS, EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES AND OPTICAL GOODS, WATCHES AND CLOCKS (BY $111 MILLION OR 146 PER CENT).

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