MONDAY, AUGUST 14, 1978
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BY COMMODITY, PROMINENT ADVANCES WERE RECORDED IN EXPORTS OF ARTICLES OF APPAREL AND CLOTHING ACCESSORIES ($6,761 MILLION, +7 PER CENT), WATCHES AND CLOCKS ($1,030 MILLION, +60 PER CENT), ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS AND PARTS FOR COMPUTERS, ($347 MILLION, +15 PER CENT), TRAVEL GOODS, HANDBAGS AND SIMILAR CONTAINERS ($398 MILLION, +18 PER CENT).
DEMAND FOR RADIO BROADCAST RECEIVERS ($689 MILLION, -29 PER CENT) DROPPED SIGNIFICANTLY. EXPORTS OF TEXTILE YARN, VALUED AT $171 MILLION, DECLINED BY 11 PER CENT.
THE CHANGES IN IMPORTS FROM 10 MAJOR SOURCES ARE SUMMARISED AS FOLLOWS:
INCREASE/
JAN.-JUNE 77
JAN.-JUNE 78
(HK$ MN.)
(HK$ MN.)
DECREASE PERCENTAGE (HK$ MN.)
CHANGE
JAPAN
5,471
6,406
+935
+17%
CHINA
3,685
4,582
+897
+24%
U.S.A.
3,095
3,631
+536
+17%
TAIWAN
1,650
1,837
+187
+11%
SINGAPORE
1,416
1,500
+84
+ 6%
UNITED KINGDOM
1,010
1,272
+262
+26%
F.R. OF GERMANY
671
935
+264
+39%
SWITZERLAND AND
LIECHENSTEIN
608
882
+274
+45%
SOUTH KOREA
834
828
7
-
1%
AUSTRALIA
445
576
+131
+29%
IMPORTS FROM JAPAN ADVANCED BY 17 PER CENT BECAUSE OF INCREASED ARRIVALS OF TEXTILE FABRICS ($887 MILLION, +17 PER CENT), TEXTILE YARN ($267 MILLION, +29 PER CENT), WATCHES AND CLOCKS ($533 MILLION, +28 PER CENT) AND ROAD VEHICLES ($402 MILLION, +66 PER CENT).
THE PROMINENT INCREASES IN IMPORTS FROM CHINA OCCURRED MOSTLY IN TEXTILE FABRICS ($469 MILLION, +64 PER CENT) PETROLEUM AND PETROLEUM PRODUCTS ($320 MILLION, +90 PER CENT) AND CLOTHING ($238 MILLION, +36 PER CENT).
IN ADDITION, INCREASES IN THE IMPORTS OF FOODSTUFFS FROM CHINA WERE RECORDED. THESE INCLUDED A 16 PER CENT INCREASE IN VEGETABLES AND FRUITS ($305 MILLION) AND A 23 PER CENT INCREASE IN MEAT AND MEAT PREPARATIONS ($230 MILLION).
/A SIGNIFICANT