TUESDAY, APRIL 25, 1978
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THE CHANGES IN IMPORTS FROM 10 MAJOR SOURCES ARE SUMMARISED
AS FOLLOWS:-
JAN.-FEB.
1977
JAN.-FEB.
1978
INCREASE/
DECREASE
PERCENTAGE
(HK$ MN)
(HKQ MN)
(HK$ MN)
CHANGE
JAPAN
1,514
1,766
+252
+16.6;
CHINA
1,198
1,391
+194
+16.2;.
U.S.A.
930
946
+ 17
+ 1.8%
TAIWAN
501
506
טי
5
+ 1.0%
SINGAPORE
404
456
+ 52
+12.9%
UNITED KINGDOM
339
384
+ 45
+13.4%
SOUTH KOREA
226
287
+ 60
+26.7%
F.R. OF GERMANY
227
275
+ 48
+21.3%
SWITZERLAND AND
LIECHENSTEIN
199
248
+ 48
+24.2%
AUSTRALIA
137
141
+ 4
+ 2.79
IMPORTS FROM CHINA WERE 16.2 PER CENT HIGHER THAN JANUARY FEBRUARY 1977, PARTLY REFLECTING MORE IMPORTS OF TEXTILE FABRICS (128 MILLION, +33.6 PER CENT), LIVE ANIMALS ($178 MILLION, +16.1 PER CENT), VEGETABLES AND FRUIT ($115 MILLION, +22.4 PER CENT) AND PETROLEUM AND PETROLEUM PRODUCT ($104 MILLION, +108.9 PER CENT).
ON THE OTHER HAND, INCREASED ARRIVALS OF TEXTILE YARN, FABRICS, MADE-UP ARTICLES AND RELATED PRODUCTS ($315 MILLIÓN, +31.2 PER CENT), WATCHES AND CLOCKS (0154 MILLION, +48.3 PER CENT) AND ROAD VEHICLES (132 MILLION, +73.8 PER CENT) ACCOUNTED MAINLY FOR A 16.6 PER CENT INCREASE IN IMPORTS FROM JAPAN.
THE FOLLOWING TABLE ILLUSTRATES THE IMPORTANT CHANGES IN IMPORTS BY COMMODITY SECTORS:-
MANUFACTURED GOODS
CLASS IF IED CHIEFLY
BY MATERIAL
MAINLY TEXTILE
PRODUCTS AND
DIAMONDS)
JAN.-FEB.
1977 (HK$ MN)
JAN.-FEB.
1978 (HK$ MN)
INCREASE/ DECREASE
(HK$ MN)
PERCENTAGE CHANGE
2,057
2,477
+421
+20.5%
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