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By country

China

Japan

USA

UK

Thailand

APPENDICES

Appendix IV- Contd

(Chapter 6: Industry and Trade)

Imports: Principal Sources

1962 total value $6,657 million

% of total imports in 1962

By British Commonwealth

and Continent

:

18%

British Commonwealth

16%

Asia.

12%

America

11%

Europe

5%

% of total

imports in

1962

23%

49%

14%

14%

% increase

1961

1962

or decrease

$ million $ million

China

Textile yarn, fabrics, and made-up articles Live animals, chiefly for food

1,028

1,213

+ 18%

273

274

71

137

+ 92%

Cereals and cereal preparations

88

120

+ 35%

Fruits and vegetables

84

105

+ 25%

Dairy products

36

64

+ 76%

Sugar and sugar preparations

41

60

+ 47%

Japan

864

1,097

+ 27%

Textile yarn, fabrics, and made-up articles

295

423

++ 43%

Electric machinery

73

96

+ 31%

Base metals

49

101

+106%

Miscellaneous manufactured articles, not

specified

elsewhere

42

49

+ 18%

Non-electric machinery

55

45

19%

USA

729

792

+ 9%

Textile fibres

159

71

-

56%

Non-electric machinery

50

74

+ 49%

Explosives and miscellaneous chemical products

59

66

+ 12%

Tobacco and tobacco manufactures

66

71

+ 7%

Fruits and vegetables

53

63

+ 19%

Medicinal and pharmaceutical products

50

47

5%

Textile yarn, fabrics, and made-up articles

39

40

+

1%

Transport equipment

11

33

+200%

United Kingdom

757

760

Electric machinery

94

105

+ 12%

Non-electric machinery

Transport equipment

Textile yarn, fabrics, and made-up articles

Base metals

Thailand

Cereals and cereal preparations

Live animals, chiefly for food

89

85

5%

84

90

+

8%

94

90

4%

83

66

20%

256

303

:

+ 18%

143

199

+ 39%

:

50

54

+ 7%

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