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THURSDAY, NOVELIBER 23, 1978
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THE CHANGES IN IMPORTS FROM 10 MAJOR SOURCES ARE SUMMAR I SED AS FOLLOWS:
JAN.-SEPT..77
(HK$ MN)
JAN.-SEPT.78
(HK$ MN)
INCREASE
(HK$ MN)
PERCENTAGE
CHANGE
JAPAN
8,221
10,117
+1,896
+23%
CHINA
5,702
7,312
+1,610
+28%
U.S.A.
4,428
5,460
+1,032
+23%
TAIWAN
2,375
2,919
544
+23%
SINGAPORE
2,172
2,317
145
+ 7%
UNITED KINGDOM
1,568
2,002
435
+28%
F.R. OF GERMANY
1,049
1,457
408
+39%
SWITZERLAND AND
LIECHTENSTEIN
922
1,388
465
+50%
REPUBLIC OF KOREA
1,177
1,251
74
+6%
AUSTRALIA
698
917
220
+32%
IMPORTS FROM JAPAN INCREASED BY 23 PER CENT, DUE MAINLY TO A RISE IN TEXTILE FABRICS ($1,359 MILLION, 22 PER CENT), WATCHES AND CLOCKS ($892 MILLION, +32 PER CENT), ELECTRICAL MACHINERY AND APPLIANCES ($864 MILLION, + 37 PER CENT) AND ROAD VEHICLES ($612 MILLION, +60 PER CENT).
INCREASES IN IMPORTS FROM CHINA WERE REGISTERED IN TEXTILE FABRICS ($780 MILLION, + 89 PER CENT), PETROLEUM PRODUCTS $529 MILLION, + 67 PER CENT), APPAREL AND CLOTHING ACCESSORIES ($404 MILLION, + 35 PER CENT) AND FOOD ITEMS SUCH AS LIVE ANIMALS ($854 MILLION + 5 PER CENT), VEGETABLES AND FRUIT ($513 MILLION, +18 PER CENT), MEAT ($353 MILLION, 24 PER CENT) AND CEREALS ($302 MILLION,+ 14 PER CENT).
A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE WAS REGISTERED IN THE IMPORTS OF PEARLS, PRECIOUS AND SEMI-PRECIOUS STONES ($524 MILLION, + 70 PER CENT) FROM THE U.S. INCREASES WERE ALSO RECORDED IN IMPORTS OF TEXTILE FIBRES ($676 MILLION, + 27 PER CENT), ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES ($458 MILLION, 13 PER CENT) AND VEGETABLES AND FRUIT ($404 MILLION, + 25 PER CENT).
IMPORTS FROM TAIWAN WERE BOOSTED BY TEXTILE YARN, FABRICS MADE-UP ARTICLES AND RELATED PRODUCTS ($1,170 MILLION, 12 PER CENT) WHILE THE INCREASE FROM SINGAPORE WAS DUE MAINLY TO MORE
IMPORTS OF WATCHES AND CLOCKS ($117 MILLION, + 83 PER CENT).
THE FOLLOWING TABLE ILLUSTRATES THE CHANGES IN IMPORTS BY COMMODITY SECTIONS:
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