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Table 3
Value of retained imports of capital goods (HK$Mn)
1987
1988
1988
1989
Q3
Q4
Q1
Q2
All capital goods
35,878
(41)
44,300
(23)
12.017
(25)
11,963
10,737
(18)
(20)
12,157
(7)
Industrial machinery*
9,002
10,847
2,910
2,986
2,538
2,809
(33)
(20)
(25)
(28)
(14)
(3)
Textile machinery
1,365
933
178
340
261
174
(25)
(-32)
(-44)
(35)
(40)
(-24)
Electrical machinery
5,975
8,100
2,247
2,137
1,787
2,134
(30)
(36)
(38)
(31)
(9)
(2)
Other industrial
1,662
1,814
484
509
490
501
machinery
(49)
(9)
(29)
(14)
(19)
(22)
Transport equipment
6,069
4,773
1,650
1,119
1,117
1,975
(102)
(-21)
(-17)
(-35)
(7)
(105)
Construction machinery
496
851
253
266
205
429
(7)
(72)
(159)
(126)
(48)
(122)
Other capital goods
20,311
27,830
7,205
7,591
6,878
6,945
(34)
(37)
(37)
(28)
(24)
(-7)
Office machinery
2,137
2,989
811
796
573
666
(25)
(40)
(22)
(22)
(-6)
(-14)
Scientific & optical
686
782
206
193
213
106
instruments & apparatus
(18)
(14)
(2)
(12)
(57)
(-57)
Others
17,489
24,058
6,188
6,602
6,093
6,173
(36)
(38)
(41)
(29)
(27)
(-5)
Electronic
2,616
components &
(43)
4,587
(75)
1,212
1,233
1,049
1,065
(103)
(34)
(14)
(-13)
parts for computers
Air conditioners
1,224
2,102
569
445
618
705
& air conditioning
(35)
(72)
(76)
(133)
(79)
(-5)
machines
Electrical line telephone apparatus
1,107
1,029
247
289
226
213
(48)
(-7)
(-1)
(29)
(8)
(-25)
Miscellaneous
12,541
(34)
16,340
(30)
4,161
4,635
4,200
4,190
(30)
(23)
(27)
(-1)
Notes
: () Figures in brackets represent percentage changes over the same period in the
preceding year.
Source :
(*) The coverage of this component is slightly different from that of "industrial machinery for use in the manufacturing sector" in Table 2, due to the fact that some items of industrial machinery are used outside the manufacturing
sector.
For analytical purposes, a re-export margin of 15% has been assumed in deriving the retained imports figures in this table.
Census & Statistics Department
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