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TUESDAY, APRIL 17, “འ
PHOTOGRAPHIC
APPARATUS, OPTICAL
GOODS, WATCHES AND
CLOCKS
285
189
96
+ 51
TEXTILE YARN, FABRICS,
MADE-UP ARTICLES
AND RELATED PRODUCTS
269
200
69
+ 34
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
AND SOUND RECORDING
AND REPRODUCING
APPARATUS
249
205
44
→ 21
ELECTRICAL MACHINERY,
APPARATUS AND
APPLIANCES (MAINLY
TRANSISTORS AND
DIODES AND HOUSEHOLD
TYPE APPLIANCES)
207
153
+ 54
+ 35
THE INCREASE IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS OF ARTICLES OF APPAREL AND CLOTHING ACCESSORIES WAS STILL THE HIGHEST IN VALUE TERMS ($1,459 MILLION, 51 PER CENT).
ITEMS WITH SIGNIFICANT INCREASES INCLUDED TEXTILES ($269 MILLION ✦ 34 PER CENT), WATCHES AND CLOCKS ($233 MILLION, 54 PER CENT), PLASTIC TOYS AND DOLLS ($225 MILLION, + 48 PER CENT) ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES ($207 MILLIÓN, PER CENT) AND TRAVEL GOODS, HANDBAGS AND SIMILAR CONTAINERS ($95 MILLION, + 60 PER CENT).
+ 35
BUT DECREASES WERE RECORDED FOR ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS AND PARTS FOR COMPUTERS ($64 MILLION, FIVE PER CENT), CRUDE ANIMALS AND VEGETABLE MATERIALS ($7 MILLION, - 42 PER CENT) AND PROFESSIONAL, SCIENTIFIC AND CONTROLLING INSTRUMENTS AND APPARATUS ($7 MILLION,
42 PER CENT).
THE CHANGES IN IMPORTS FROM 10 MAJOR SOURCES ARE SUMMARISED AS FOLLOWS -
JANUARY 79 (HK$ MN)
JANUARY 78 (HK$ MN)
INCREASE (HK$ MN)
PERCENTAGE CHANGE
JAPAN
1,008
814
+ 194
+ 24
CHINA
977
821
+ 156
• 19
U.S.A.
636
471
+ 165
+ 35
TAIWAN
424
280
+ 144
+ 51
SINGAPORE
320
251
+
69
+ 27
U.K.
266
193
73
+ 39
.R. OF GERMANY