WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 8, 1979
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THE CHANGES IN IMPORTS FROM 10 MAJOR SOURCES ARE SUMMARISED
AS FOLLOWS
JAN-JUNE 79
(HK$ MN)
JAN-JUNE 78
(HK$ MN)
INCREASE (HK$ MN) CHANGE
PERCENTAGE
JAPAN
8,908
6,406
+ 2,502
+ 39
CHINA
6,408
4,582
+ 1,826
+ 40
U.S.A.
4,597
3,631
966
+ 27
TAIWAN
2,733
1,837
896
+ 49
SINGAPORE
2,023
1,500
523
+ 35
U.K.
1,910
1,272
638
+ 50
F.R. OF GERMANY
1,289
935
354
+ 38
SWITZERLAND
1,189
882
307
+ 35
REP. OF KOREA
1,153
828
325
+ 39
AUSTRALIA
727
576
151
+ 26
IMPORTS FROM JAPAN ROSE CONSIDERABLY, DUE MAINLY TO AN ACTIVE DEMAND FOR TEXTILES ($1,393 MILLION, + 20 ̊PER CENT), ELECTRICAL MACHINERY AND APPLIANCES ($880 MILLION, + 71 PER CENT), WATCHES AND CLOCKS ($800 MILLION, 50 PER CENT) TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND EQUIPMENT ($760 MILLION, 68 PER CENT), AND ROAD VEHICLES ($520 MILLION, + 29 PER CENT).
INCREASED IMPORTS FROM CHINA COMPRISED MAINLY TEXTILES ($1,346 MILLION, + 61 PER CENT), PETROLEUM AND RELATED PRODUCTS ($604 MILLION, 89 PER CENT), CLOTHING ($363 MILLION, 52 PER CENT), VEGETABLES AND FRUITS ($352 MILLION, 16 PER CENT) AS WELL AS CRUDE ANIMAL AND VEGETABLE MATERIALS ($262 MILLION, ← 19 PER CENT).
DEMAND FOR U.S. PRODUCTS WAS ACTIVE IN PEARLS, PRECIOUS AND SEMI-PRECIOUS STONES ($447 MILLION, +37 PER CENT), OFF ICE MACHINES AND AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT ($399 MILLION, + 38 PER CENT), ELECTRICAL MACHINERY AND APPLIANCES ($390 MILLION,
• 34 PER CENT), VEGETABLES AND FRUITS ($279 MILLION, + 21 PER CENT), ARTIFICIAL RESINS AND PLASTIC MATERIALS, AND CELLULOSE ESTERS AND ETHERS ($238 MILLION, ✦ 170 PER CENT).
THERE WERE ALSO SIGNIFICANT INCREASES IN IMPORTS OF TEXTILES ($1,113 MILLION, + 48 PER CENT) FROM TAIWAN AND PETROLEUM AND RELATED PRODUCTS ($1,078 MILLION, + 21 PER CENT) FROM SINGAPORE.
THE FOLLOWING