WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 8, 1979
THE FOLLOWING TABLE ILLUSTRATES THE MORE IMPORTANT CHANGES IN IMPORTS BY COMMODITY SECTION:
JAN-JUNE 79
(HK$ MN)
JAN-JUNE 78
(HK$ MN)
INCREASE (HK$ MN)
PERCENTAGE CHANGE
MANUFACTURED GOODS
12,446
8,916
+ 3,530
+ 40
CLASS IF IED
CHIEFLY BY
MATERIAL (MAINLY
TEXTILE PRODUCTS
AND DIAMONDS)
MACHINERY AND
8,357
5,499
+ 2,858
+ 52
TRANSPORT
EQUIPMENT
MISCELLANEOUS
5,456
3,744
+ 1,712
+ 46
MANUFACTURED
ARTICLES (MAINLY
WATCHES AND
CLOCKS, ARTICLES
OF APPAREL)
FOOD AND LIVE
4,346
3,844
502
+ 13
ANIMALS CHIEFLY
FOR FOOD
CHEMICALS AND
3,008
2,075
933
+45
RELATED PRODUCTS
CRUDE MATERIALS
2,028
1,951
77
INEDIBLE
EXCEPT FUELS
INCREASES IN IMPORTS WERE MAINLY BROUGHT ABOUT BY THE GROWTH IN ARRIVALS OF TEXTILES ($5,535 MILLION, 44 PER CENT), ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES ($2,573 MILLION, +55 PER CENT), WATCHES AND CLOCKS ($1,905 MILLION, + 47 PER CENT), PETROLEUM AND RELATED PRODUCTS ($1,900 MILLION, + 31 PER CENT) AS WELL AS IRON AND STEEL ($1,252 MILLION, +46 PER CENT).
REMARKABLE INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN RE-EXPORTS TO JAPAN ($1,379 MILLION, + 39 PER CENT), U.S.A. ($914 MILLION, + 66 PER CENT) TAIWAN ($864 MILLION, + 58 PER CENT), SINGAPORE ($809 MILLION, + 26 PER CENT) AND INDONESIA ($760 MILLION, 23 PER CENT).
BY COMMODITY, INCREASES IN RE-EXPORTS WERE CHIEFLY IN TEXTILES ($1,308 MILLION, 94 PER CENT), PEARLS, PRECIOUS AND SEMI-PRECIOUS STONES ($1,207 MILLION, +43 PER CENT), ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES ($526 MILLION, +92 PER CENT), WATCHES AND CLOCKS ($525 MILLION, + 27 PER CENT) AND CLOTHING ($382 MILLION, 89 PER CENT).
THE TRADE