MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1978
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THE CHANGES IN IMPORTS FROM 10 MAJOR SOURCES ARE SUMMARISED AS FOLLOWS:-
JAN.-JULY 77 (HK$ MN)
INCREASE PERCENTAGE
(HK$ MN)
JAN.-JULY 78 (HK$ MN)
CHANGE
JAPAN
6,484
7,646
+1,161
+ 18%
CHINA
4,329
5,370
+1,041
+ 24%
U.S.A.
3,541
4,173
632
+ 18%
TAIWAN
1,930
2,173
245
+ 13%
SINGAPORE
1,692
1,760
69
4%
U.K.
1,216
1,507
291
+ 24%
F.R. OF GERMANY
806
1,102
296
+ 37%
SWITZERLAND
728
1,052
324
+ 45%
SOUTH KOREA
955
955
*
*
AUSTRALIA
560
677
117
+ 21%
(* NEGLIGIBLE CHANGE)
INCREASED IMPORTS FROM JAPAN OF FABRICS ($1,043 MILLION, +17%), TEXTILE YARN ($293 MILLION, +18%), TEXTILE MADE-UP ARTICLES ($7 MILLION, +16%), ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES ($633 MILLION, +27%), TELECOMMUNICATIONS, SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT ($536 MILLION, +22%) AS WELL AS WATCHES AND CLOCKS ($659 MILLION, +31%) BOOSTED THE IMPORT VALUE BY 18 PER CENT. INCREASED IMPORTS FROM CHINA INCLUDED FABRICS ($559 MILLION, + 69%), TEXTILE YARN ($134 MILLION, +17%), TEXTILE MADE-UP ARTICLES ($299 MILLION, +18%), LIVE ANIMALS CHIEFLY FOR FOOD ($644 MILLION, +5%), PETROLEUM AND PETROLEUM PRODUCTS ($384 MILLION, +87%), VEGETABLES AND FRUITS ($367 MILLION, +16%).
THE LARGEST INCREASE IN IMPORTS FROM U.S.A. WAS DIAMONDS ($376 MILLION, +71%). OTHER ITEMS WHICH ALSO SHOWED A RISE INCLUDED ELECTRICAL MACHINERY AND APPLIANCES ($340 MILLION, +10%), DATA PROCESSING AND OFFICE MACHINES ($342 MILLION, +13%). VEGETABLES AND FRUITS ($280 MILLION, +24%) AND TOBACCO AND TOBACCO MANUFACTURES ($183 MILLION, +33%).
THE FOLLOWING TABLE ILLUSTRATES THE CHANGES IN IMPORTS BY COMMODITY SECTIONS:
MANUFACTURED GOODS
CLASSIFIED CHIEFLY BY
MATERIAL (MAINLY
JAN.-JULY 77 (HK$ MN)
8,350
(HK$ MN)
JAN.-JULY 78
INCREASE PERCENTAGE (HK$ MN) CHANGE
10,615
+2,265
+ 27%
TEXTILE PRODUCTS AND DIAMONDS)
/MACHINERY