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MONDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1978
THE CHANGES IN IMPORTS FROM 10 MAJOR SOURCES ARE:
JAN.-OCT.77 (HK$ MN.)
JAN.-OCT.78 (HK$ MN.)
INCREASE
PERCENTAGE
(HK$ MN.
.)
CHANGE
JAPAN
9,215
11,362
+2,147
+23
CHINA
6,454
8,315
+1,860
+29
U.S.A.
5,020
6,090
+1,070
+21
TAIWAN
2,673
3,328
655
+25
SINGAPORE
2,418
2,618
200
UNITED KINGDOM
1,764
2,301
537
+30
F.R. OF GERMANY
1,178
1,631
+
453
+38
SWITZERLAND AND
1,031
1,612
581
+56
LIECHTENSTE IN
REPUBLIC OF KOREA
1,354
1,408
+
54
+4
AUSTRALIA
780
1,021
240
+31
DELIVERIES FROM JAPAN WERE 23 PER CENT HIGHER IN VALUE, WITH INCREASED ARRIVALS OF TEXTILE FABRICS ($1,524 MILLION, +21 PER CENT), WATCHES AND CLOCKS ($993 MILLION, +29 PER CENT), ELECTRICAL MACHINERY AND APPLIANCES ($972 MILLION, +40 PER CENT) TELECOMMUNICATIONS, SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING EQUIPMENT ($829 MILLION, +30 PER CENT) AND ROAD VEHICLES ($687 MILLION, +59 PER CENT).
IMPORTS FROM CHINA WERE 29 PER CENT HIGHER, DUE MAINLY TO A RISE IN SHIPMENTS OF TEXTILE FABRICS ($891 MILLION, +91 PER CENT), PETROLEUM AND RELATED PRODUCTS ($604 MILLION, +60 PER CENT) AND APPAREL AND CLOTHING ($477 MILLION, +34 PER NENT). INCREASES WERE ALSO RECORDED IN IMPORTS OF FOOD ITEMS SUCH AS LIVE ANIMALS ($954 MILLION, +5 PER CENT), VEGETABLES AND FRUITS ($600 MILLION, +20 PER CENT), MEAT AND MEAT PREPARATIONS ($395 MILLION, +22 PER CENT), CEREALS ($331 MILLION, +16 PER CENT) AND FISH, CRUSTACEANS AND MOLLUSCA ($313 MILLION, 412 PER CENT).
SHIPMENTS FROM U.S.A. ROSE BY 21 PER CENT, REFLECTING HIGHER DELIVERIES OF TEXTILE FIBRES ($712 MILLION, +30 PER CENT), PEARLS, PRECIOUS AND SEMI-PRECIOUS STONES ($598 MILLION, +73 PER CENT), ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES ($513 MILLION, +12 PER CENT), OFFICE MACHINES AND AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT ($490 MILLION, +13 PER CENT), VEGETABLES AND FRUITS ($449 MILLION, +22 PER CENT), TOBACCO ($261 MILLION, +37 PER CENT) AS WELL AS LEATHER AND DRESSED FURSKINS ($148 MILLION, +26 PER CENT).
THE LARGE...............