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SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1977
IMPORTS OF TRANSPORT EQUIPMENT FROM JAPAN INCREASED CONSIDERABLY, REPRESENTING AN INCREASE OF $276 MILLION OR +155.1 PER CENT. OTHER REMARKABLE INCREASES IN IMPORTS FROM JAPAN WERE RECORDED IN PROFESSIONAL, SCIENTIFIC AND CONTROLLING INSTRUMENTS- PHOTOGRAPHIC AND OPTICAL GOODS, WATCHES AND CLOCKS (+ $226 MILLION (+$147 MILLION OR +43.6 PER CENT), MACHINERY, OTHER THAN ELECTRIC OR +28.1 PER CENT) AND ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES (+ $140 MILLION OR +19.3 PER CENT).
IMPORTS FROM CHINA, HONG KONG'S SECOND MAJOR SUPPLIER INCREASED ONLY BY 2.5 PER CENT. AN INCREASE OF 21,8 PER CENT OF IMPORTS FROM U.S.A. WAS LARGELY DUE TO A SUBSTANTIAL RISE IN THE IMPORTS OF TEXTILE FIBRES AND THEIR WASTE ($386 MILLION OR +292.9 PER CENT). BESIDES, IMPORTS OF ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES WENT UP BY 20.5 PER CENT OR $108 MILLION. A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE WAS ALSO RECORDED IN TRANSPORT EQUIPMENT (+79 MILLION OR +387.1 PER CENT).
THE FOLLOWING TABLE SHOWS THE IMPORTANT CHANGES IN IMPORTS BY COMMODITY SECTIONS :
INCREASE PERCENTAGE (HK$ MN) CHANGE
JAN-JULY 1976 JAN-JULY 1977
(HK$ MN)
(HK$ MN)
MANUFACTURED
7,777
8,261
+484
+ 6.2%
GOODS
CLASSIFIED
CHIEFLY BY
MATERIAL
(MAINLY
TEXTILE YARN,
FABRICS, AND
DIAMONDS)
MACHINERY
4,240
5,345
+1,104
+26.0%
AND TRANSPORT
EQUIPMENT
FOOD AND LIVE
3,642
4,076
434
+11.9%
ANIMALS
MISCELLANEOUS
2,710
3,494
783
+29.0%
MANUFACTURED
ARTICLES (MAINLY
WATCHES)
CHEMICALS
1,994
2,090
96
+ 4.8%
CRUDE MATERIALS, 1,926
2,069
143
+ 7.49%
INEDIBLE,
EXCEPT FUEL
(MAINLY TEXTILE
FIBRES AND
THEIR WASTE)
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