WEDNESDAY, APRIL 5, 1978
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THE FOLLOWING TABLE ILLUSTRATES THE IMPORTANT CHANGES IN IMPORTS BY COMMODITY SECTIONS:-
JAN. 1977
JAN. 1978
INCREASE/
(HK$ MN.)
(HK$ MN.)
DECREASE (HK$ MN.
PERCENTAGE
CHANGE
MANUFACTURED GOODS
CLASSIFIED
CHIEFLY BY
MATERIAL (MANILY
TEXTILE YARN. FABRICS
AND DIAMONDS)
1,064
1,234
+170
+16.0%
MACHINERY AND
TRANSPORT
EQUIPMENT
734
796
+ 62
+ 8.4%
FOOD AND LIVE
ANIMALS CHIEFLY
FOR FOOD
634
693
+ 59
+ 9.3%
MISCELLANEOUS
MANUFACTURED
ARTICLES
(MAINLY WATCHES
AND CLOCKS)
438
505
+ 67
+15.4%
CRUDE MATERIALS
INEDIBLE, EXCEPT
FUELS (MAINLY
TEXTILE FIBRES)
296
340
+45
+15.1%
MISCELLANEOUS
CHEMICALS AND
RELATED PRODUCTS,
(MAINLY ARTIFICIAL
RESINS AND PLASTIC
MATERIALS- MEDICINAL
AND PHARMACEUTICAL
PRODUCTS)
296
301
+ 5
+1.6%
MAJOR INCREASES IN IMPORTS WERE FOUND IN TEXTILE YARN, FABRICS AND RELATED PRODUCTS ($578 MILLION, +15.5 PER CENT) PHOTOGRAPHIC AND OPTICAL EQUIPMENT ($235 MILLION, +20.5 PER CENT)= MISCELLANEOUS NON-METALLIC MINERAL MANUFACTURES, MAINLY DIAMONDS ($251 MILLION, +17.1 PER CENT)= TEXTILE FIBRE AND THEIR WASTE ($181 MILLION, +24.6 PER CENT) AND VEHICLES ($105 MILLION, +45.2 PER CENT).
RE-EXPORTS TO JAPAN REMAINED AT THE SAME LEVEL AS LAST YEAR'S JANUARY, INCREASING ONLY BY 0.5 PER CENT.
ON THE OTHER HAND, RE-EXPORTS TO SINGAPORE (AT $113 MILLION, INDONESIA (AT $114 MILLION) AND THE U.3. (AT $82 MILLION) GAINED IMPRESSIVE GROWTH RATE OF 14.4 PER CENT, 70.1 PER CENT AND 25.8 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY.
/THESE INCREASES