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SIGNIFICANT INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS OF CLOTHING ($ 6,909 MILLION, 29 PER CENT), TEXTILES ($ 1,461 MILLION, +43 PER CENT), WATCHES AND CLOCKS ($ 1,332 MILLION, ✦ 59 PER CENT), PLASTIC TOYS AND DOLLS ($ 1,131 MILLION, + 40 PER CENT), ELECTRICAL MACHINERY AND APPLIANCES ($ 1,091 MILLION, + 43 PER CENT) AND RADIO BROADCAST RECEIVERS ($ 626 MILLION, + 12 PER CENT). HOWEVER, THE DEMAND FOR ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS AND PARTS FOR COMPUTERS ́($ 291 MILLION, 1 PER CENT) DECLINED SLIGHTLY.
THE CHANGES IN IMPORTS FROM 10 MAJOR SOURCES ARE SUMMARISED AS FOLLOWS:
JAN-MAY 79
HK$ MN)
JAN-MAY 78 (HK$ MN)
INCREASE (HK$ MN)
PERCENTAGE CHANGE
JAPAN
7,209
5,248
+ 1,961
+ 37
CHINA
5,222
3,742
+ 1,480
+ 40
U.S.A.
3,726
2,964
762
+ 26
TAIWAN
2,192
1,500
692
+ 46
SINGAPORE
1,629
1,212
417
+ 34
U.K.
1,602
1,004
598
+ 60
F.R. OF GERMANY
1,057
758
299
+ 39
SWITZERLAND
977
710
267
+ 38
SOUTH KOREA
939
692
247
+ 36
AUSTRALIA
601
443
158
+ 36
IMPORTS FROM JAPAN INCREASED BY 37 PER CENT, MAINLY OF TEXTILES ($ 1,136 MILLION, 19 PER CENT), ELECTRICAL MACHINERY AND APPLIANCES ($ 718 MILLION, + 73 PER CENT), WATCHES AND CLOCKS ($ 642 MILLION, + 55 PER CENT), AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING EQUIPMENT ($ 612 MILLION, + 68 PER CENT).
INCREASES IN IMPORTS FROM CHINA WERE RECORDED CHIEFLY IN TEXTILES ($ 1,098 MILLION, +64 PER CENT), PETROLEUM AND RELATED MATERIALS ($ 488 MILLION, + 86 PER CENT), CLOTHING ($ 287 MILLION, + 47 PER CENT) AND VEGETABLES AND FRUITS ($ 283 MILLION, + 16 PER CENT).
THERE WERE ALSO SIGNIFICANT INCREASES IN SHIPMENTS OF PEARLS, PRECIOUS AND SEMI-PRECIOUS STONES ($ 374 MILLION, 45 PER CENT) FROM THE U.S., TEXTILES ($ 916 MILLION, + 48 PER CENT) FROM TAIWAN AND PETROLEUM AND RELATED MATERIALS ($ 874 MILLION, → 25 PER CENT) FROM SINGAPORE.
THE FOLLOWING