SUNDAY, JANUARY 15, 1978
THE FOLLOWING TABLE ILLUSTRATES THE IMPORTANT CHANGES IN IMPORTS BY COMMODITY SECTIONS :
MANUFACTURED GOODS
JAN.-NOV.
1976 (HK$MN)
JAN.-NOV.
1977 (HK$MN)
INCREASE/ DECREASE
(HK$MN)
PERCENTAGE CHANGE
CLASSIFIED CHIEFLY
BY MATERIAL
12,158
13,036
878
7.2%
(MAINLY TEXTILE
YARN, FABRICS,
AND DIAMONDS)
MACHINERY AND
6,953
8,377
+1,424
+ 20.5%
TRANSPORT
EQUIPMENT
FOOD AND LIVE
6,009
6,525
+
516
8.6%
ANIMALS
MISCELLANEOUS
MANUFACTURED
4,538
5,893
+1,354
+ 29.8%
ARTICLES (MAINLY
WATCHES AND CLOCKS)
CHEMICALS
3,121
3,267
147
4.7%
CRUDE MATERIALS
INEDIBLE EXCEPT
3,062
2,952
110
3.6%
FUELS (MAINLY
TEXTILE FIBRES)
STRENGTHENED DOMESTIC DEMAND FOR CAPITAL GOODS AND CONSUMER GOODS WAS EVIDENT FROM AN INCREASE OF $661 MILLION OR +98.8% IN TRANSPORT EQUIPMENT AND ANOTHER OF $587 MILLION OR +15.0% IN ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES.
IN ADDITION, IMPORTS OF WATCHES AND CLOCKS WENT UP BY $521 MILLION OR +36.2%, PETROLEUM AND PETROLEUM PRODUCTS BY $329 MILLION OR +13.9%.
RE-EXPORTS TO JAPAN DECLINED FURTHER BY 12.2% OR $168 MILLION. THIS WAS OFFSET BY INCREASES OF RE-EXPORTS TO INDONESIA (+$298 MILLION OR +46.0%) AND SINGAPORE (+$111 MILLION OR +13.3%).
/COLMODITIES