TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1979
INCREASES WERE ALSO REGISTERED IN IMPORTS OF TEXTILES ($1 277 MILLION, +44%) FROM TAIWAN AND PETROLEUM AND RELATED PRODUCTS ($1 378 MILLION, +34%) FROM SINGAPORE.
THE FOLLOWING TABLE ILLUSTRATES THE MORE IMPORTANT CHANGES IN IMPORTS BY COMMODITY SECTION
JAN.-JULY 79 (HK$ MN)
JAN.-JULY 78 (HK$ MN)
INCREASE (HK$ MN)
PERCENTAGE CHANGE
BY MATERIAL
MANUFACTURED GOODS
CLASS IF IED CHIEFLY
(MAINLY TEXTILE
PRODUCTS AND
DIAMONDS)
14 645
10 615
+4 030
+38
MACHINERY AND
TRANSPORT
EQUIPMENT
10 223
6 490
+3 733
+58
MISCELLANEOUS
MANUFACTURED
ARTICLES (MAINLY
WATCHES AND
CLOCKS. ARTICLES
OF APPAREL}
6 561
4 448
+2 113
+48
FOOD AND LIVE
ANIMALS CHIEFLY
FOR FOOD
5 166
4 489
677
+15
CHEMICALS AND
RELATED PRODUCTS 3 592
2 448
+1 144
+47
MINERAL FUELS,
LUBRICANTS AND
·RELATED MATERIALS 2 416
1 749
667
+38
SIGNIFICANT INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN IMPORTS OF TEXTILE FABRICS ($4 256 MILLION, +50%), ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES ($3 073 MILLION, +55%), WATCHES AND CLOCKS ($2 313 MILLION, +47%), PETROLEUM AND RELATED PRODUCTS ($2 343 MILLION, +38%), AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT ($1 774 MILLION, +79%).
ON THE OTHER HAND, DECLINES WERE REGISTERED IN IMPORTS
OF TEXTILE FIBRES ($1 060 MILLION, -12%).
MAJOR
RE-EXPORTS CONTINUED TO SHOW ACCELERATED GROWTH. MARKETS INCLUDED JAPAN ($1 578 MILLION, +34%), U.S.A. ($1 093 MILLION, +70%), TAIWAN ($1 002 MILLION, +60%), SINGAPORE ($971 MILLION, +30%) AND INDONESIA ($905 MILLION, +28%).
/DEMAND REMAINED.