JAPAN VTR AND TV EXPORTS FALL IN FEBRUARY
Japan's video tape recorder (VTR) exports
fell to 1.73 mln sets in February from 2.01 mln a year earlier
for the fourth successive year-on-year drop, Finance Ministry
customs-cleared export statistics show.
    But February exports were up from 1.34 mln in January.
    Cumulative exports in the first two months of 1987 totalled
3.07 mln sets against 3.73 mln a year earlier.
    Exports to the U.S. Fell to one mln sets in February from
1.26 mln a year earlier, and those to the European Community
(EC) fell to 232,275 from 263,009.
    In the EC total, shipments to West Germany fell to 97,633
from 100,218 a year earlier and those to the U.K. Fell to
32,652 from 53,020.
    Colour television exports fell to 343,315 sets in February
from 416,832 a year earlier for the 16th consecutive
year-on-year drop, bringing cumulative exports so far this year
to 588,720 against 769,874 a year earlier.
    February exports compared with 245,405 in January.
    Exports to the U.S. Fell to 1.01 mln sets from 1.12 mln a
year earlier and those to the EC fell to 33,763 from 67,955.
Shipments to China fell to 39,858 from 53,925.
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