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THURSDAY, JUNE 15, 1978
DEMAND FOR TEXTILE YARN ($111 MILLION, -12 PER CENT) AND TEXTILE FABRICS ($580 MILLION, -3.5 PER CENT) REMAINED FAIRLY SLUGGISH.
EXPORTS OF RADIO BROADCAST RECEIVERS CONTINUED TO SHOW A DOWNTREND ($429 MILLION, -29.4 PER CENT), ACCOUNTING MAINLY FOR A 3.2 PER CENT DROP IN TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING APPARATUS.
THE CHANGES IN IMPORTS FROM TEN MAJOR SOURCES ARE SUMMARISED AS FOLLOWS:-
JAN.-APR.77
(HK$ MN)
PERCENTAGE CHANGE
JAN.-APR.78
(HK$ MN)
INCREASE/DECREASE
(HK$ MN)
JAPAN
3,555
4,072
+517
+ 15%
CHINA
2,426
2,912
+487
+ 20%
U.S.A.
2,014
2,297
+283
+ 1456
TAIWAN
1,095
1,150
+ 54
5%
SINGAPORE
874
984
+109
+ 13%
UNITED
660
794
+134
+ 20%
KINGDOM
SOUTH KOREA
496
539
+ 43
+ 9%
F.R. OF GERMANY
445
605
+160
+ 36%
SWITZERLAND
AND
382
539
+157
+ 41%
LIECHTENSTEIN
AUSTRALIA
298
333
+ 35
+ 129%
IMPORTS FROM JAPAN ADVANCED SIGNIFICANTLY WITH INCREASED ARRIVALS OF TEXTILE FABRICS ($542 MILLION, +13.6 PER CENT), WATCHES AND CLOCKS (3328 MILLION, +26.4 PÉR CENT) ROAD VEHICLES (3263 MILLION, +65.4 PER CENT) AND TEXTILE YARN ($198 MILLION, +46.8 PER CENT).
DELIVERIES FROM CHINA IN GENERAL INCREASED SIGNIFICANTLY ESPECIALLY IN TEXTILE FABRICS ($292 MILLION, +59.7 PER CENT) AND PETROLEUM AND PETROLEUM PRODUCTS (3203 MILLION, +81.7 PER CENT).
SHIPMENTS FROM U.S.A. ROSE BY 14 PER CENT, PARTLY REFLECTING HIGHER IMPORTS OF PEARLS, PRECIOUS AND SEMI-PRECIOUS STONES (3204 MILLION, +56.4 PER CENT).
/THE FOLLOWING ...............