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Commodity Pattern

1968 total value $2,142 million

Appendix

(Chapter 4: Industry

Re-exports '

XX

and Trade)

Principal Markets

1968 total value $2,142 million

331

% of all re-exports in

By country

1968

% of all re-exports in 1968

By Commonwealth Countries and Continent

% of all re-exports in

1968

Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material Chemicals

Miscellaneous manufactured articles

Food and live animals

Crude materials, inedible, except fuels Machinery and transport equipment

42%

17%

13%

Japan Indonesia Singapore

16%

Commonwealth Countries

25%

16%

Asia

70%

11%

Western Europe (including

11%

7%

USA

Taiwan

6%

United Kingdom)

9%

5%

North America

7%

7%

Philippines

3%

Australasia

4%

Republic of Vietnam

3%

1968

1967

% increase

% increase

1968

1967

or decrease

or decrease

$ million $ million

$ million

$ million

Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material

909

945

4%

Japan

352

315

+ 12%

Textile yarn, fabrics and made-up articles Non-metallic mineral manufactures

417

445

6%

Non-metallic mineral manufactures

120

111

+ 8%

387

371

+ 4%

Medicinal and pharmaceutical products

75

54

+ 39%

Non-ferrous metals...

41

23

+

+ 80%

Miscellaneous manufactured articles, n.e.s.

27

30

10%

Paper, paperboard and manufactures thereof

22

30

26%

Coffee, tea, cocoa, spices and manufactures thereof

19

18

+ 6%

Manufactures of metals, n.e.s.

18

30

42%

Crude animal and vegetable materials

17

13

+ 29%

Iron and steel

11

26

59%

Fruits and vegetables

15

15

+ 1%

Chemicals

362

312

+- 16%

Indonesia

336

480

30%

Medicinal and pharmaceutical products

176

136

+ 30%

Textile yarn, fabrics and made-up articles

183

251

27%

Dyeing, tanning and colouring materials

56

44

+ 25%

Transport equipment

15

14

+ 3%

Chemical elements and compounds

40

37

9%

Footwear

15

10

+ 48%

Explosives and pyrotechnic products

31

28

+ 8%

Paper, paperboard and manufactures thereof

12

21

42%

Plastic materials, regenerated cellulose and artificial resins

Essential oil and perfume materials

2220

21

23

8%

Singapore

231

200

+ 16%

25

20%

Scientific and controlling instruments, photographic

Miscellaneous manufactured articles

272

242

+ 12%

and optical goods, watches and clocks

50

Scientific and controlling instruments, photographic and

optical goods, watches and clocks

114

101

+ 13%

Textile yarn, fabrics and made-up articles Fruits and vegetables

42

31

Miscellaneous manufactured articles, n.e.s.

92

94

wwwww

2%

Miscellaneous manufactured articles, n.e.s.

17

+229

47

+ 6%

18

+142%

23

+ 38%

10

+ 68%

Clothing

42

29

+ 45%

Crude animal and vegetable materials

15

17

10%

Food and live animals

236

USA

137

129

213

+ 11%

Fruit and vegetables

75

65

Non-metallic mineral manufactures

104

89

+ 6% +17%

+16%

Coffee, tea, cocoa, spices and manufactures thereof

59

60

1%

Explosives and pyrotechnic products

14

15

5%

Cereals and cereal preparations

31

20

+ 52%

Taiwan

100

84

+ 19%

Fish and fish preparations ...

22

26

15%

Dyeing, tanning and colouring materials

18

14

+ 34%

Sugar, sugar preparations and honey

17

12

+ 37%

Crude animal and vegetable materials

13

14

4%

Dairy products and eggs

15

13

+ 21%

Philippines

71

68

Crude materials, inedible, except fuels

143

155

7%

Crude animal and vegetable materials

95

90

+ 6%

Medicinal and pharmaceutical product Fruit and vegetables

10

8

Oil-seeds, oil nuts and oil kernels

17

16

+ 9%

Wood lumber and cork

-

Machinery and transport equipment

Non-electric machinery

Electrical machinery Transport equipment

11

+ 23%

Textile yarn, fabrics and made-up articles

Republic of Vietnam

7

66

70

143

146

2%

76

79

4%

41

37

+ 11%

26

30

15%

Medicinal and pharmaceutical products Textile yarn, fabrics and made-up articles Crude animal and vegetable materials Non-electric machinery

14

11

10

9

**+∞ RE99

+ 5%

9

+ 6%

4

+ 72%

8

1%

7%

+ 26%

6

+ 63%

10

10

6% 43%

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