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THE CHANGES IN IMPORTS FROM TEN MAJOR SOURCES ARE SUMMARIZED
BELOW:
JAN.-OCT.
1976
JAN.-OCT.
1977
INCREASE/
(HK$ MN)
(HK$ MN)
DECREASE (HK$ MN)
PERCENTAGE CHANGE
JAPAN
7,587
9,215
+ 1,628
+ 21.5%
CHINA
6,270
6,454
184
+
2.9%
U.S.A.
4,412
5,020
608
+ 13.8%
TA IWAN
2,490
2,673
183
7.3%
SINGAPORE
2,124
2,418
295
+ 13.9%
UNITED KINGDOM
1,516
1,764
248
+ 16.4%
SOUTH KOREA
1,322
1,354
32
2.4%
F.R. OF GERMANY
1,072
1,178
106
9.9%
SWITZERLAND AND
921
1,031
110
+ 11.9%
LIECHTENSTEIN
AUSTRALIA
750
780
30
4.1%
IMPORTS FROM JAPAN WENT UP NEARLY BY ONE-FIFTH BECAUSE OF INCREASING IMPORTS OF TRANSPORT EQUIPMENT (+ $336 MILLION OR + 127.5%), MACHINERY OTHER THAN ELECTRIC (+ $178 MILLION OR + 23.8%), ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES (+ $161 MILLION OR + 15.2%) AND WATCHES AND CLOCKS (+$298 MILLION OR + 63.1%).
SUPPLY FROM CHINA ATTAINED A MARGINAL INCREASE OF 2.9 PER
CENT IN VALUE TERMS. MORE SIGNIFICANT INCREASES WERE
REGISTERED IN PETROLEUM AND PETROLEUM PRODUCTS (+ $137 MILLION OR + 57.0%), CRUDE ANIMALS AND VEGETABLES MATERIALS, N.E.S. (NOT ELSEWHERE STATED) (+ $105 MILLION OR + 42.0%) AND CLOTHING
(+ $103 MILLION OR + 40.9%).
INCREASES OF IMPORTS FROM U.S.A. WERE MAINLY ACCOUNTED FOR BY A REMARKABLE 643.4 PER CENT INCREASE IN TRANSPORT EQUIPMENT AND 100.8 PER CENT IN TEXTILE FIBRES AND THEIR WASTE.
THE FOLLOWING TABLE