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INCREASES IN IMPORTS FROM CHINA WERE ALSO RECORDED. THESE INCLUDED FABRICS ($1,027 MILLION, +92 PER CENT), LIVE ANIMALS MAINLY FOR FOOD ($1,054 MILLION, + 5 PER CENT), VEGETABLES AND FRUITS ($692 MILLION, + 23 PER CENT), PETROLEUM AND PETROLEUM PRODUCTS ($686 MILLION, 60 PER CENT) AS WELL AS ARTICLES OF APPAREL AND CLOTHING ACCESSORIES ($564 MILLION, + 35 PER CENT).
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THE RISE IN IMPORTS FROM THE U.S.A. COULD BE ACCOUNTED FOR MAINLY BY INCREASE IN SHIPMENTS OF TEXTILE FIBRES ($767 MILLION, + 31 PER CENT), PEARLS, PRECIOUS AND SEMI-PRECIOUS STONES ($681 MILLION, 71 PER CENT) AND ALSO ELECTRICAL MACHINERY ($571 MILLION, + 14 PER CENT) AND OFFICE MACHINES ($545 MILLION, + 14 PER CENT).
THERE WAS ALSO A RISE IN SHIPMENTS OF TEXTILE YARN, FABRICS MADE-UP ARTICLES AND RELATED PRODUCTS ($1,506 MILLION, +17 PER CENT) FROM TAIWAN AND IN SHIPMENTS OF WATCHES AND CLOCKS ($147 MILLION, + 72 PER CENT) FROM SINGAPORE.
THE FOLLOWING TABLE ILLUSTRATES THE CHANGES IN IMPORTS BY COMMODITY SECTIONS :
JAN.-NOV.77 (HK$ MN.)
JAN.-NOV.78
(HK$ MN.)
INCREASE (HK$ MN.
PERCENTAGE CHANGE
MANUFACTURED GOODS
13,168
18,251
+5,082
+ 39
CLASS IF IED MAINLY BY
MATERIAL (MAINLY TEXTILE
PRODUCTS AND DIAMONDS)
MACHINERY AND
8,559
10,982
+2,423
+ 28
TRANSPORT EQUIPMENT
FOOD AND LIVE ANIMALS
6,529
7,342
813
+ 12
CHIEFLY FOR FOOD
MISCELLANEOUS
5,633
7,860
+2,227
+ 40
MANUFACTURED ARTICLES
(MAINLY WATCHES AND
CLOCKS, AND ARTICLES
OF APPAREL)
CHEMICALS AND RELATED PRODUCTS
3,274
4.161
+
887
+ 27
/INCREASES WERE