MONDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1978
6.
THE LARGE AMOUNT OF DELIVERIES OF TEXTILE YARN, FABRICS AND MADE-UP ARTICLES ($1,330 MILLION, +14 PER CENT) ACCOUNTED FOR THE 25 PER CENT GROWTH IN IMPORTS FROM TAIWAN, WHILE INCREASED ARRIVALS OF ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES ($218 MILLION, +27 PER CENT), WATCHES AND CLOCKS ($132 MILLION, +72 PER CENT) TOGETHER WITH PEARLS, PRECIOUS AND SEMI-PRECIOUS STONES ($76 MILLION, +27 PER CENT) ACCOUNTED FOR AN 8 PER CENT INCREASE IN ARRIVALS FROM SINGAPORE.
THE FOLLOWING TABLE ILLUSTRATES THE CHANGES IN IMPORTS BY COMMODITY SECTIONS:
JAN.-OCT. 77
(HK$ MN.)
JAN.-OCT.78 INCREASE PERCENTAGE
(HK$ MN.) (HK$ MN.) CHANGE
MANUFACTURED GOODS
CLASSIFIED CHIEFLY
BY MATERIAL
(MAINLY TEXTILE
11,795
16,114
+4,319
+37
PRODUCTS AND
DIAMONDS)
MACHINERY AND
7,740
9,654
+1,914
+25
TRANSPORT
EQUIPMENT
MISCELLANEOUS
MANUFACTURED ARTICLES
(MAINLY WATCHES
5,010
6,818
+1,808
+36
AND CLOCKS
ARTICLES
OF APPAREL
FOOD AND LIVE
5,908
6,594
686
+12
ANIMALS CHIEFLY
FOR FOOD
CHEMICALS AND
2,967
3,720
753
+25
RELATED PRODUCTS
DELIVERIES OF NON-METALLIC MINERAL MANUFACTURES ROSE IN VALUE BY 64 PER CENT, MAINLY DUE TO LARGER SHIPMENTS OF PEARLS, PRECIOUS AND SEMI-PRECIOUS STONES ($3,330 MILLION, +73 PER CENT). INCREASES WERE ALSO RECORDED IN IMPORTS OF FABRICS ($4,294 MILLION, +34 PER CENT), ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES ($3,020 MILLION, +24 PER CENT), WATCHES AND CLOCKS ($2,394 MILLION, +37 PER CENT), IRON AND STEEL ($1,617 MILLION, +45 PER CENT), ROAD VEHICLES ($1,131 MILLION, +44 PER CENT) AS WELL AS FOOD ITEMS SUCH AS VEGETABLES AND FRUITS ($1,627 MILLION +22 PER CENT). HOWEVER, A DECLINE WAS RECORDED IN ARRIVALS OF TRANSPORT EQUIPMENT ($247 MILLION, -37 PER CENT) AND COFFEE, TEA, COCOA AND SPICES ($190 MILLION, -26 PER CENT).
RE-EXPORTS CONTINUED ON AN UPWARD TREND.
THERE WERE INCREASES IN DEMAND FROM JAPAN ($1,885 MILLION, +69 PER CENT), SINGAPORE ($1,114 MILLION, +30 PER CENT), INDONESIA ($1,054 MILLION, +26 PER CENT), U.S.A. ($999 MILLION, +42 PER CENT) AND TAIWAN ($961 MILLION, +38 PER CENT).
THE MOST.....