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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1979
IMPORTS FROM USA ALSO SHOWED SIGNIFICANT INCREASES. PARTICULARLY IN ARTIFICIAL RESINS AND PLASTIC MATERIALS AND CELLULOSE ESTERS AND ETHERS (BY $276 MILLION OR 177%), OFFICE MACHINES AND AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT (BY $237 MILLION OR 54%), ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES (BY $195 MILLION OR 43%), PEARLS, PRECIOUS AND SEMI-PRECIOUS STONES (BY $106 MILLION OR 20%), AND VEGETABLES AND FRUITS (BY $84 MILLION OR 21%).
THE FOLLOWING TABLE ILLUSTRATES THE MORE IMPORTANT CHANGES IN IMPORTS BY COMMODITY SECTION 1-
JAN-SEPT 79 JAN-SEPT 78
(HK$ MN) (HK$ MN)
INCREASE (HK$ MN) CHANGE
PERCENTAGE
MANUFACTURED GOODS
CLASS IF IED CHIEFLY BY MATERIAL (MAINLY
TEXTILE PRODUCTS AND DIAMONDS)
19 089
14 216
+ 4 873
+34
MACHINERY AND
TRANSPORT EQUIPMENT
13 433
8 606
+ 4 827
+ 56
MISCELLANEOUS
MANUFACTURED ARTICLES
(MAINLY WATCHES AND
CLOCKS, ARTICLES OF
APPAREL)
8 722
5 983
+ 2 739
+ 46
FOOD AND LIVE ANIMALS
CHIEFLY FOR FOOD
6 858
5 897
961
+ 16
CHEMICALS AND
RELATED PRODUCTS
4 842
3 287
+ 1 555
+ 47
MINERAL FUELS
LUBRICANTS AND
RELATED MATERIALS
3 588
2 311
+ 1 277
+ 55
SIGNIFICANT INCREASES WERE REGISTERED IN IMPORTS OF TEXTILE FABRICS (BY $1 630 MILLION OR 43%), ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES (BY $1 451 MILLION OR 54%), PETROLEUM AND RELATED PRODUCTS (BY $1 246 MILLION OR 56%), TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $948 MILLION OR 70%), WATCHES AND CLOCKS (BY $926 MILLION OR 44%), AND IRON AND STEEL (BY $626 MILLION OR 44%).
RE-EXPORTS TO JAPAN INCREASED BY $341 MILLION OR 21 PER CENT, TO USA BY $597 MILLION OR 68 PER CENT, TO SINGAPORE BY $300 MILLION OR 30 PER CENT, TO TAIWAN BY $443 MILLION OR 52 PER CENT AND TO
INDONESIA BY $286 MILLION OR 31 PER CENT.
/DEMAND CONTINUED