MANUFACTURED GOODS
JAN.–SEPT.77 (HK$ MN)
THOMSDAI, NOVEMBER 23, 1978
8
JAN.-SEPT.78 INCREASE
PERCENTAGE
(HK$ MN) (HK$ MN) CHANGE
CLASSIFIED CHIEFLY
BY MATERIAL (MAINLY
TEXTILE PRODUCTS AND
DIAMONDS)
10,533
14,216
+3,684
+35%
MACHINERY AND TRANSPORT
EQUIPMENT
6,867
8,606
+1,739
+25%
FOOD AND LIVE ANIMAL
CHIEFLY FOR FOOD
5,288
5,897
609
+12%
MISCELLANEOUS
MANUFACTURED ARTICLES
(MAINLY WATCHES AND
CLOCKS, ARTICLES
OF APPAREL)
4,383
5,983
+1,600
+37%
CHEMICALS AND
RELATED PRODUCTS
2,666
3,287
620 +23%
RAPID INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN THE IMPORTS OF RAW MATERIALS AND CONSUMER GOODS, INCLUDING PEARLS, SEMI-PRECIOUS AND PRECIOUS STONES (32,913 MILLION, +71 PER CENT), WATCHES AND CLOCKS ($2,108 MILLION, +38 PER CENT), IRON AND STEEL ($1,428 MILLION, +41 PÉR CENT).
IMPORTS OF ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES ($2,688 MILLION, +23 PER CENT), ROAD VEHICLES ($1,005 MILLION, +44 PER CENT), OFFICE MACHINES AND AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT ($870 MILLION, +47 PER CENT) ALSO ROSE SIGNIFICANTLY.
HOWEVER, A SLIGHT DROP OCCURRED IN IMPORTS OF COFFEE, TEA, COCOA AND SPICES ($158 MILLION, -33 PER CENT).
AS REGARDS RE-EXPORTS, THERE WERE INCREASED DEMANDS FROM JAPAN ($1,644 MILLION, 464 PER CENT), SINGAPORE ($999 MILLION, +31 PER CENT), INDONESIA ($930 MILLION, +31 PER CENT), U.S.A. ($881 MILLION, +41 PER CENT) AND TAIWAN ($848 MILLION, +37 PER CENT).
THE GOODS RE-EXPORTED WERE MAINLY PEARLS, PRECIOUS AND SEMI-PRECIOUS STONES ($1,281 MILLION, +52 PER CENT), WATCHES AND CLOCKS ($642 MILLION, +22 PER CENT), TEXTILE FABRICS ($543 MILLION, +52 PER CENT), ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES ($462 MILLION, +26 PER CENT) AND ROAD VEHICLES ($206 MILLION, +79 PER CENT).
THE TRADE INDEX NUMBERS FOR AUGUST, 1978 (1973-100) WERE RELEASED AS FOLLOWS:
DOMESTIC EXPORTS
IMPORTS
VALUE UNIT VALUE
QUANTUM
INDEX
INDEX
INDEX
247
140
176
217
144
151
THE TERMS OF TRADE INDEX FOR AUGUST WAS 97.