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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1979
A MORE DETAILED BREAKDOWN REVEALED THAT SIGNIFICANT INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS OF WATCHES AND CLOCKS
($2 051 MILLION, +66%), PLASTIC TOYS AND DOLLS ($1 828 MILLION, +41%), TEXTILE FABRICS ($1 619 MILLION, +49%) AS WELL AS HOUSEHOLD TYPE, ELECTRICAL AND NON-ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT ($586 MILLION, ́+48%).
THE CHANGES IN IMPORTS FROM 10 MAJOR SOURCES ARE SUMMARISED AS FOLLOWS 1
JAN,-JULY 79 (HK$ MN)
JAN.-JULY 78 (HK$ MN)
INCREASE (HK$ MN)
PERCENTAGE CHANGE
JAPAN
10 536
7 646
+2 890
+38
CHINA
7 665
5 370
+2 295
+43
U.S.A.
5 682
4 173
+1 509
+36
TAIWAN
3 198
2 175
+1 023
+47
SINGAPORE
2 509
1 760
749
+43
U.K.
2 332
1 507
825
+55
F.R. OF GERMANY
1 514
1 102
412
+37
SWITZERLAND
1 448
1 052
396
+38
REP. OF KOREA
(SOUTH KOREA)
1 369
955
414
+43
AUSTRALIA
887
677
210
+31
TEXTILES ($1 610 MILLION, +20%) REMAINED THE PRINCIPAL PRODUCT SUPPLIED BY JAPAN EVEN THOUGH A DECLINE WAS REGISTERED IN IMPORTS OF TEXTILE YARN ($242 MILLION, -17%).
OTHER MAJOR PRODUCTS FROM JAPAN WERE ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES ($1 043 MILLION, +65%), WATCHES AND CLOCKS ($952 MILLION, +45%), TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT ($912 MILLION, +70%) AND ROAD VEHICLES ($633 MILLION, +34%).
INCREASES IN IMPORTS FROM CHINA WERE MAINLY REGISTERED IN TEXTILES ($1 598 MILLION, +61%), PETROLEUM AND RELATED PRODUCTS ($721 MILLION, +88%), CLOTHING ($457 MILLION, +65%), AND FISH, CRUSTACEANS AND MOLLUSCS, AND PREPARATIONS THEREOF ($293 MILLION, +43%).
IMPORTS FROM THE U.S. ALSO SHOWED STEADY INCREASES IN PEARLS, PRECIOUS AND SEMI-PRECIOUS STONES ($497 MILLION, +30%), OFFICE MACHINES AND AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT ($476 MILLION, +39%), ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES ($465 MILLION, +37%), AND VEGETABLES AND FRUITS ($350 MILLION, +25%).
/INCREASES WERE...............