SATURDAY, APRIL 21, 1979
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ON THE OTHER HAND, DECLINES WERE RECORDED IN SALES OF ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS AND PARTS FOR COMPUTERS ($107 MILLION, -4 PER CENT), PROFESSIONAL, SCIENTIFIC AND CONTROLLING INSTRUMENT AND APPARÁTUS ($10 MILLION, -45 PER CENT) AS WELL AS CRUDE ANIMAL AND VEGETABLE MATERIALS ($10 MILLION, -47 PER CENT).
THE CHANGES IN IMPORTS FROM 10 MAJOR SOURCES ARE SUMMARISED AS FOLLOWS:-
JAN.-FEB. 79 (HK$ MN)
JAN.-FEB. 78 (HK$ MN)
INCREASE
PERCENTAGE
(HK$ MN)
CHANGE
JAPAN
2,422
1,766
+656
+37
CHINA
1,797
1,391
+406
+29
U.S.A.
1,310
946
+364
+38
TAIWAN
784
506
+278
+55
SINGAPORE
555
456
+ 99
+22
U.K.
465
384
+ 81
+21
F.R. OF GERMANY
399
275
+124
+45
REP. OF KOREA
369
287
+ 82
+29
(S. KOREA)
SWITZERLAND
366
248
+118
+48
AUSTRALIA
200
141
+ 59
+42
IMPORTS FROM JAPAN ROSE BY 37 PER CENT, DUE MAINLY TO INCREASED ARRIVALS OF TEXTILES ($374 MILLION, +19 PER CENT), ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES ($244 MILLION, +100 PER CENT), TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING EQUIPMENT ($221 MILLION, +74 PER CENT), WATCHES AND CLOCKS ($207 MILLION, +35 PER CENT) AND ROAD VEHICLES ($156 MILLION, +19 PER CENT).
INCREASES WERE ALSO REGISTERED IN DELIVERIES FROM CHINA, COMPRISING MOSTLY TEXTILES ($387 MILLION, +79 PER CENT), PETROLEUM AND RELATED MATERIALS ($151 MILLION, +55 PER CENT) AND FOODSTUFFS INCLUDING MAINLY VEGETABLES AND FRUITS ($119 MILLION, +4 PER CENT), MEAT AND MEAT PREPARATIONS ($94 MILLION, +17 PER CENT) AND FISH, CRUSTACEANS AND MOLLUSCS ($76 MILLION, +28 PER CENT).
THE INCREASE IN IMPORTS FROM THE U.S.A. WAS ACCOUNTED FOR CHIEFLY BY THE GROWTH IN ARRIVALS OF PEARLS, PRECIOUS AND SEMI- PRECIOUS STONES ($136 MILLION, +110 PER CENT), TEXTILE FIBRES ($130 MILLION, +4 PER CENT), OFFICE MACHINES AND AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT ($117 MILLION, +36 PER CENT), AND ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES ($111 MILLION, +27 PER CENT).
/A MAJOR