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MONDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1977
DOMESTIC EXPORTS OF MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURED ARTICLES N.E.S. GAINED A SUBSTANTIAL INCREASE OF $980 MILLION OR +33.4 PER CENT DUE MAINLY TO AN OPTIMISTIC GROWTH RATE REGISTERED IN PLASTIC TOYS AND DOLLS (+$521 MILLION OR +48.39%).
ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES ALSO RECORDED AN INCREASE OF $778 MILLION OR 30.8 PER CENT, THIS WAS MAINLY ATTRIBUTED TO THE INCREASES OF $247 MILLION (+21.5%) AND $150 MILLION (+51.3%) IN THE DOMESTIC EXPORTS OF ALL TRANS ISTORISED RADIO, ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS AND PARTS FOR COMPUTERS RESPECTIVELY.
DOMESTIC EXPORTS OF CLOTHING, HOWEVER, DECLINED BY 3.7 PER CENT OR $347 MILLION, DUE TO SLUGGISH DEMAND FOR TEXTILE PRODUCTS FROM MAJOR OVERSEAS MARKETS, DOMESTIC EXPORTS OF TEXTILE FABRICS DECREASED BY 20.3 PER CENT OR $315 MILLION WHILST TEXTILE YARN ALSO DECREASED BY 7.5 PER CENT OR $22 MILLION.
THE CHANGES IN IMPORTS FROM TEN MAJOR SOURCES ARE SUMMARISED BELOW 1
JAN-AUG
1976 (HK$ MN)
JAN-AUG
1977 (HK$ MN)
INCREASE
(HK$ MN)
PERCENTAGE INCREASE
JAPAN
6,037
7,353
+ 1,316
+ 21.8%
CHINA
4,782
5,025
243
5.1%
U.S.A.
3,388
3,976
589
+ 17.4%
TA IWAN
1,980
2,154
173
8.8%
SINGAPORE
1,573
1,921
348
+ 22.1%
UNITED KINGDOM
1,202
1,395
193
+ 16.1%
SOUTH KOREA
1,046
1,067
21
2.1%
F.R. OF GERMANY
853
943
90
+ 10.5%
SWITZERLAND AND
741
815
74
+ 10.1%
LIECHTENSTE IN
AUSTRALIA
581
626
45
7.7%
A SIGNIFICANT PART OF THE GROWTH IN IMPORTS FROM JAPAN WAS ATTRIBUTABLE TO AN INCREASE IN IMPORTS OF CAPITAL GOODS WHICH WERE COMPOSED OF TRANSPORT EQUIPMENT (+$293 MILLION OR +141.3 PER CENT), MACHINERY, OTHER THAN ELECTRIC (+$171 MILLION OR +29.2 PER CENT), ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARTUS AND APPLIANCES (+$149 MILLION OR +17.8 PER CENT). IMPORTS OF
PROFESSIONAL, SCIENTIFIC AND CONTROLLING INSTRUMENTS PHOTOGRAPHIC AND OPITCAL GOODS, WATCHES AND CLOCKS ALSO REGISTERED AN INCREASE OF $286 MILLION OR 49.4 PER CENT.
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