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THURSDAY, JUNE 21, 1979
THE FOLLOWING TABLE ILLUSTRATES THE MORE IMPORTANT CHANGES IN IMPORTS BY COMMODITY SECTIONS.
JAN.-APR. 79 (HK$ MN)
JAN.-APR. 78 (HK$ MN)
INCREASE (HK$ MN)
PERCENTAGE CHANGE
MANUFACTURED
GOODS CLASS IF IED
CHIEFLY BY
8,152
5,635
+ 2,517
+ 45
MATERIAL (MAINLY
TEXTILE PRODUCTS
AND DIAMONDS)
MACHINERY AND
TRANSPORT
5,363
3,547
+ 1,816
+ 51
EQUIPMENT
MISCELLANEOUS
MANUFACTURED
ARTICLES
(MAINLY WATCHES
3,395
2,323
+ 1,072
+ 46
AND CLOCKS,
ARTICLES OF
APPAREL)
FOOD AND LIVE
AN IMALS CHIEFLY
2,808
2,492
316
+ 13
FOR FOOD
CHEMICALS AND
RELATED PRODUCTS
1,843
1,301
542
+ 42
CRUDE MATERIALS
INEDIBLE, EXCEPT
1,374
1,292
82
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FUELS
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IMPORTS
BY COMMODITY, SIGNIFICANT INCREASES WERE REGISTERED IN OF TEXTILES ($3,632 MILLION, 48 PER CENT), ELECTRICAL MACHINERY AND APPLIANCES ($1,639 MILLION, 58 PER CENT), WATCHES AND CLOCKS ($1,192 MILLION, +48 PER CENT), TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING EQUIPMENT ($947 MILLION, 80 PER CENT), IRON AND STEEL ($796 MILLION, + 51 PER CENT) AS WELL AS ARTIFICIAL RESINS, PLASTIC MATERIALS AND CELLULOSE ESTERS AND ETHERS ($583 MILLION, + 70 PER CENT).
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RE-EXPORTS INCREASED BY 59 PER CENT, MAINLY DUE TO ACCELERATED DEMAND FROM JAPAN ($975 MILLION, 61 PER CENT), U.S.A. ($537 MILLION, 58 PER CENT), TAIWAN ($509 MILLION,+ 57 PER CENT), SOUTH KOREA ($269 MILLION, 55 PER CENT), CHINA ($258 MILLION, ✦ 296 PER CENT), AND THE PHILIPPINES ($252 MILLION, + 80 PER CENT). RE-EXPORTS CONSISTED MAINLY OF TEXTILES ($877 MILLION, + 122 PER CENT), PEARLS
PEARLS, PRECIOUS AND SEMI-PRECIOUS STONES ($775 MILLION, +46 PER CENT), ELECTRICAL MACHINERY AND APPLIANCES ($320 MILLION, ✦ 92 PER CENT), AND WATCHES AND CLOCKS ($319 MILLION, 23 PER CENT).
/THE TRADE