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THURSDAY, AUGUST 23, 1979
IMPORTS BY AIR FROM THE FOLLOWING MAJOR SUPPLIERS ALSO
RECORDED INCREASES
JAN.-JUNE 79
(HK$ MN.)
JAN.-JUNE 78 (HK$ MN.
INCREASE (HK$ MN.)
PERCENTAGE CHANGE
JAPAN
1,638
1,076
+ 5,616
+ 52
U.S.A.
1,358
918
440
+ 48
SWITZERLAND
847
554
293
+ 53
ISRAEL
451
346
105
+ 30
U.K.
416
232
194
+ 79
SINGAPORE
361
219
142
+ 65
THE UPTRENDS IN AIRBORNE IMPORTS WERE MAINTAINED IN WATCHES AND CLOCKS ($1,791 MILLION, + 45 PER CENT), THERMIONIC, COLD CATHODE AND PHOTO-CATHODE VALVES AND TUBES ($1,140 MILLION, 60 PER CENT), PEARLS, PRECIOUS AND SEMI-PRECIOUS STONES ($1,082 MILLION, + 76 PER CENT), ARTICLES OF APPAREL AND CLOTHING ACCESSORIES ($225 MILLION, + 54 PER CENT) AS WELL AS JEWELLERY, GOLDSMITHS AND SILVERSMITHS' WARES AND OTHER ARTICLES OF PRECIOUS AND SEMI-PRECIOUS MATERIALS ($200 MILLION, 55 PER CENT).
THE IMPORT VALUES OF WATCHES AND CLOCKS BY COUNTRIES WERE JAPAN ($754 MILLION, + 50 PER CENT), SWITZERLAND ($615 MILLION, + 35 PER CENT), SINGAPORE ($83 MILLION,+ 23 PER CENT) AND THE U.S. ($51 MILLION, 59 PER CENT).
INCREASES WERE ALSO REGISTERED IN AIRBORNE IMPORTS OF THERMIONIC, COLD CATHODE AND PHOTO-CATHODE VALVES AND TUBES FROM THE U.S. ($291 MILLION, + 32 PER CENT), JAPAN ($275 MILLION, 108
+ PER CENT) AND SINGAPORE ($137 MILLION, +51 PER CENT).
ALMOST ALL THE GOODS FLOWN IN FROM ISRAEL WERE PEARLS, PRECIOUS AND SEMI-PRECIOUS STONES ($446 MILLION, 30 PER CENT).
AIRBORNE RE-EXPORTS SHOWED REMARKABLE PERFORMANCE IN THE FIRST HALF OF THIS YEAR, WITH MAJOR RE-EXPORT ITEMS BEING PEARLS, PRECIOUS AND SEMI-PRECIOUS STONES ($744 MILLION, 81 PER CENT), WATCHES AND CLOCKS ($479 MILLION, + 23 PER CENT), THERMIONIC, COLD CATHODE AND PHOTO-CATHODE VALVES AND TUBES ($393 MILLION, +100 PER CENT) AND MISCELLANEOUS CRUDE ANIMAL AND VEGETABLE MATERIALS ($157 MILLION, + 39 PER CENT).
JAPAN ($684 MILLION, 24 PER CENT) REMAINED THE LARGEST MARKET FOR AIRBORNE RE-EXPORTS, FOLLOWED BY TAIWAN ($409 MILLION, + 57 PER CENT), THE U.S. ($372 MILLION, + 104 PER CENT), SINGAPORE ($278 MILLION, + 8 PER CENT), THAILAND ($126 MILLION, 98 PER CENT) AND ISRAEL ($116 MILLION, 764 PER CENT).
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