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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1978
IN ADDITION, INCREASES IN THE IMPORTS OF FOODSTUFFS FROM CHINA WERE RECORDED, INCLUDING AN 18 PER CENT INCREASE IN VEGETABLES AND FRUIT ($439 MILLION) AND A 29 PER CENT INCREASE IN MEAT AND MEAT PREPARATIONS ($314 MILLION).
A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE WAS REGISTERED IN THE IMPORTS OF PEARLS, PRECIOUS AND SEMI-PRECIOUS STONES ($463 MILLION, +58 PER CENT) FROM U.S.A.
IMPORTS FROM TAIWAN WERE BOOSTED BY THE RISE IN ARRIVALS OF TEXTILE YARN, FABRICS, MADE-UP ARTICLES AND RELATED PRODUCTS ($1,027 MILLION, +8 PER CENT) WHILE THE INCREASE FROM SINGAPORE WAS DUE MAINLY TO MORE IMPORTS OF WATCHES AND CLOCKS ($104 MILLION, +98 PER CENT).
THE FOLLOWING TABLE ILLUSTRATES THE CHANGES IN IMPORTS BY COMMODITY SECTIONS:
MANUFACTURED
JAN.-AUG. 77 (HK$ MN)
JAN,-AUG. 78 (HK$ MN)
INCREASE/ DECREASE
(HK$ MN)
PERCENTAGE CHANGE
GOODS
CLASS IF JED
CHIEFLY BY
MATERIAL
(MAINLY
9,443
12,313
+2,870
+ 30%
TEXTILE
PRODUCTS AND
DIAMONDS)
MACHINERY AND
TRANSPORT
6,191
7,563
+1,372
+ 22%
EQUIPMENT
FOOD AND LIVE
ANIMALS
CHIEFLY FOR
4,683
5,178
495
+ 11%
FOOD
MISCELLANEOUS
MANUFACTURED
ARTICLES
(MAINLY
3,850
5,168
+1,317
+ 34%
WATCHES AND
CLOCKS,
ARTICLES OF
APPAREL)
CHEMICALS AND
RELATED
2,372
2,869
498
+ 21%
PRODUCTS
/ACCELERATED.....