FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1977
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THE FOLLOWING TABLE SHOWS THE IMPORTANT CHANGES IN IMPORTS BY COMMODITY SECTIONS:
MANUFACTURED GOODS
-
JAN.
JAN.- INCREASE/ SEPT.1976 SEPT.1977 DECREASE (HKS MN) (HK$ MN) (HK$ MN)
PERCENTAGE
CHANGE
CLASSIFIED CHIEFLY
BY MATERIAL (MAINLY
9,864
10,423
559
+ 5.7%
TEXTILE YARN,
FABRICS, AND DIAMONDS)
MACHINERY AND
TRANSPORT
5,566
6,727
+1,160
+20.8%
EQUIPMENT
FOOD AND LIVE
4,818
5,286
+
468
+ 9.7%
ANIMALS
MISCELLANEOUS
MANUFACTURED ARTICLES
3,531
4,584
+1,053
+29.8%
(MAINLY WATCHES)
CHEMICALS
2,551
2,662
+ 111
+ 4.3%
CRUDE MATERIALS,
INEDIBLE EXCEPT
2,527
2,466
60
—
2.4%
FUEL (MAINLY
TEXTILE FIBRES)
THE RISE IN IMPORTS WAS MAINLY CONSISTED OF SIGNIFICANT GROWTH IN THE IMPORTS OF ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES (+ $534 MILLION OR + 17.3%), TRANSPORT EQUIPMENT (+ $436 MILLION OR + 80.3%), WATCHES AND CLOCKS (+ $396 MILLION OR + 35.0%), NON-METALLIC MANUFACTURES, N.E.S. (+ $369 MILLION OR + 19.1%) PETROLEUM AND PETROLEUM PRODUCTS (+ $285 MILLION OR + 15.1%).
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ON THE OTHER HAND, IMPORTS OF TEXTILE FIBRES (- $239 MILLION OR - 15.0%), TEXTILE YARN, FABRICS, MADE UP ARTICLES AND RELATED PRODUCTS (-3312 MILLION ÖR 6.2%) DROPPED CONSIDERABLY.
HONG KONG RE-EXPORTS IN VALUE TERMS DURING THE FIRST NINE MONTHS OF THIS YEAR CONTINUED TO SHOW AN UPWARD TREND DESPITE A SIGNIFICANT DROP OF 10% OR 3111 MILLION OF RE-EXPORTS TO ITS MAJOR MARKET, JAPAN.
THE DROP IN RE-EXPORTS TO JAPAN WAS OFFSET BY THE FAVOURABLE RE-EXPORT LEVELS TO INDONESIA (+ $188 MILLION OR + 36.2%) SINGAPORE (+ $94 MILLION OR + 13.9%), SOUTH KOREA (+ $52 MILLION OR + 17.8%), THE PHILIPPINES (+ $42 MILLION OR+ 21.2%), CHINA (+ $37 MILLION OR + 45.2%) AND TAIWAN (+ $41 MILLION OR 7.1%).
/THE MAJOR .............
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