MONDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1977
SUPPLIES OF CRUDE ANIMAL AND VEGETABLE MATERIALS, N.E.S. (+$101 MILLION OR +53.9 PER CENT), CLOTHING (+$94 MILLION OR +57.8 PER CENT), FRUITS AND VEGETABLES (+$59 MILLION OR +18.9 PER CENT) FROM CHINA REMAINED BUOYANT, WHICH TOGETHER ACCOUNTED FOR A 5.1 PER CENT GROWTH OF IMPORTS FROM CHINA.
INCREASES IN IMPORTS FROM U.S.A. WERE MAINLY COMPOSED OF TEXTILES FIBRES (+$339 MILLION OR +181.6 PER CENT), ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARTUS AND APPLIANCES (+$104 MILLION OR +16.6 PER CENT), TRANSPORT EQUIPMENT (+$80 MILLION OR +335.2 PER CENT).
THE FOLLOWING TABLE SHOWS THE IMPORTANT CHANGES IN IMPORTS BY COMMODITY SECTIONS:
JAN-AUG 1976 JAN-AUG 1977 INCREASE
(HK$ MN)
(HK$ MN)
(HK$ MN)
PERCENTAGE CHANGE
MANUFACTURED
8,806
9,343
+ 537
+ 6.1%
GOODS CLASS IF IED
CHIEFLY BY
MATERIAL (MAINLY
TEXTILE YARN,
FABRICS. AND
DIAMONDS)
MACHINERY AND
4.882
6,064
+1,182
+24.2%
TRANSPORT
EQUIPMENT
FOOD AND LIVE
4,180
4,681
+ 502
+12.0%
ANIMALS
MISCELLANEOUS
3,092
4,030
+ 938
+30.3%
MANUFACTURED
ARTICLES (MAINLY
WATCHES)
CHEMICALS
2,263
2,367
→ 105
+4.6%
CRUDE MATERIALS,
2,243
2,267
23
+1.0%
INEDIBLE EXCEPT
FUEL (MAINLY
TEXTILE FIBRES)
AMONG THE SECTIONS WHICH RECORDED INCREASES IN IMPORTS AT VARYING GROWTH RATES, THE MORE SIGNIFICANT INCREASES OCCURRED IN ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES (+$575 MILLION OR +21.6 PER CENT), PROFESSIONAL, SCIENTIFIC AND CONTROLLING INSTRUMENTS PHOTOGRAPHIC AND OPTICAL GOODS, WATCHES AND CLOCKS (+$452 MILLION OR +31.0 PER CENT) AND TRANSPORT EQUIPMENT (+$405 MILLION OR +82.8 PER CENT).
/DOMESTIC