1980
1981 Jan.-Sept. Jan.-Sept.
Hong Kong
per cent increase
HK$
million
HK$ million
or
decrease
Textile yarn, fabrics, made-up articles, n.e.s. and
related products
3,825
3,271
+ 16.9
Textile fabrics
2,942
2.426
+ 21.3
Cotton fabrics, woven
1,981
1,698
+ 16.7
Textile fabrics, woven
774
576
+ 34.4
Special textile fabrics and related products
138
109
+ 26.6
Tulle, lace, embroidery, ribbons, trimmings and
other small wares
49
43
+ 14.0
Textile made-up articles and related products
467
454
+ 2.9
Textile made-up articles
365
333
+
9.6
Floor coverings, etc.
102
121
15.7
Textile yarn and thread
416
390
Yarn of man-made fibres
191
160
Cotton yarn
35
53
1 + +
6.7
+ 19.4
LIA
34.0
Office machines and automatic data processing equipment
2,077
1,432
+ 45.0
Electronic components and parts for computers
1.672
975
+ 71.5
Electronic calculating machines
227
350
35.1
Manufactures of metal, n.e.s.
1,495
1,493
+
0.1
Domestic utensils of iron or steel, not enamelled
266
233
+ 14.2
Hand tools, n.e.s.
151
144
+ 4.9
Locks, padlocks and keys therefor, of base metal
137
137
Base metal fittings and clasps, hooks, etc.
125
110
+ 13.6
Domestic utensils of aluminium
104
198
47.5
Articles of iron or steel, n.e.s.
Key chains and parts of iron or steel
Domestic utensils of iron or steel, enamelled
262
94
98
4.1
67
65
+
3.1
20
16
+ 25.0
Other
Travel goods, handbags and similar containers
1,208
1,136
+ 6.3
Footwear
585
444
+ 31.8
Sanitary, plumbing, heating and lighting fixtures and
fittings
568
572
0.7
Metalliferous ores and metal scrap
439
574
23.5
During Jan.-Sept. 1981 imports were valued at HK$100,859 million, of which about 10 per cent was accounted for by foodstuffs. The largest supplier was Japan ($23,505 million), China ($20,952 million), U.S.A. ($10,816 million), Thailand ($5,609 million), Taiwan ($7,856 million), Singapore ($7,732 million) and United Kingdom ($4,477 million). The principal import items were textiles; petroleum, petroleum products and related materials; electrical machinery, apparatus and appliances; telecom- munications and sound recording and reproducing apparatus and equipment; diamonds, pearls, precious and semi-precious stones; iron and steel; vegetables and fruits; general industrial machinery and equipment and machine parts and textile fibres (other than wool tops) and their wastes.
The value of domestic exports was HK$58,089 million, of which 42 per cent was accounted for by garment and textile products. The leading overseas customers were U.S.A. ($20,988 million), U.K. ($5,493 million), Federal Republic of Germany ($5,133 million), Japan ($2,114 million), China ($1,937 million), Australia ($1,878 million), and Canada ($1,705 million). The most important items of domestic manufacture entering the exports trade were articles of apparel and clothing accessories; watches and clocks; plastic toys and dolls; textile fabrics; radio broadcast receivers of all kinds; electronic components and parts for computer; miscellaneous manufactures of metal; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; jewellery and goldsmiths' and silversmiths' wares; plastic articles; electric space heating equipment and parts; footwear; sanitary, plumbing, heating and lighting fixtures and fittings; transistors and diodes and plastic artificial flowers.
The value of re-exports totalled HK$30,213 million and the main re-export markets were China ($5,775 million), U.S.A. ($3,445 million), Indonesia ($3,105 million), Singapore ($2,370 million) and Japan ($1,979 million). The principal commodities in the re-export trade were textile yarn, fabrics, made-up articles and related products, photographic apparatus, equipment and supplies, optical goods and watches and clocks; electrical machinery, apparatus and appliances; diamonds, pearls, precious and semi-precious stones; articles of clothing accessories; metalliferous ores and metal scrap and medicinal and pharmaceutical products.
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