MANUFACT- URES OF METAL,
N.E.S. (MA INLY
FINISHED
STRUCTURAL
PARTS AND
STRUCTURES
3
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1977
452
542
+ 90
+19.8%
AND TOOLS FOR
USE IN THE
HAND OR IN
MACHINE)
DOMESTIC EXPORTS OF CLOTHING AND TEXTILE PRODUCTS FELL BY 4.8 PER CENT AND 17.0 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY. HOWEVER, SIGNIFICANT INCREASES WERE RECORDED FOR COMMODITIES SUCH AS PLASTIC TOYS AND DOLLS (+ $440 MILLION OR +50.1 PER CENT), AND WATCHES AND CLOCKS (+ $207 MILLION OR +35.3 PER CENT). ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES GAINED A GROWTH RATE OF 34.0 PER CENT WHICH WAS COMPOSED MAINLY OF A 22.6 PER CENT INCREASE IN ALL TRANSISTORIZED RADIOS AND A 49.7 PER CENT INCREASE IN ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS AND PARTS FOR COMPUTERS.
THE CHANGES OF IMPORTS FROM TEN MAJOR SOURCES ARE SUMMARIZED BELOW:
JAN-JULY 1976
(HK$ MN)
JAN-JULY 1977
(HK$ MN)
INCREASE
(HK$ MN)
PERCENTAGE
CHANGE
JAPAN
5,327
6,484
+1,157
+21.7%
CHINA
4.222
4,329
+
107
+ 2.5%
U.S.A.
2,908
3,541
633
+21.8%
TAIWAN
1,728
1,930
202
+11.7%
SINGAPORE
1,369
1,692
323
+23.6%
UNITED KINGDOM
1,060
1,216
156
+14.7%
SOUTH KOREA
916
955
39
+ 4.2%
F.R. OF GERMANY
746
806
60
+ 8.0%
SWITZERLAND AND
652
728
76
+11.7%
LIECHTENSTEIN
AUSTRALIA
476
560
84
+17.5%
/IMPORTS