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SUNDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1979
THE FOLLOWING TABLE ILLUSTRATES THE MORE IMPORTANT CHANGES
IN IMPORTS BY COMMODITY SECTION -
JAN.-OCT. 79 (HK$ M.)
JAN.-OCT. 78 (HK$ M.)
INCREASE (HK$ M.)
PERCENTAGE CHANGE
MANUFACTURED GOODS
CLASS IF IED CHIEFLY BY
MATERIAL (MAINLY
21 773
16 114
+ 5 659
+ 35%
TEXTILE PRODUCTS
AND DIAMONDS)
MACHINERY AND
15 158
9 654
+ 5 504
+ 57%
TRANSPORT EQUIPMENT
MISCELLANEOUS
MANUFACTURED ARTICLES
(MAINLY WATCHES AND
9 978
6 818
+ 3 160
+ 46%
CLOCKS, ARTICLES
OF APPAREL)
FOOD AND LIVE ANIMALS
7 779
6 594
+ 1 185
+ 18%
CHIEFLY FOR FOOD
CHEMICALS AND
5 466
3 720
+ 1 746
+ 47%
RELATED PRODUCTS
MINERAL FUELS,
LUBRICANTS AND RELATED MATERIALS
4 072
2 620
+ 1 452
+ 55%
SIGNIFICANT INCREASES WERE REGISTERED IN ARRIVALS OF TEXTILES (BY $2 686 MILLION OR 39%), ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES (BY $1 690 MILLION OR 56%), PETROLEUM AND RELATED PRODUCTS (BY $1 419 MILLION OR 56%), TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $1 067 MILLION OR 69%), AND WATCHES AND CLOCKS (BY $1 062 MILLION OR 44%).
SUBSTANTIAL INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN RE-EXPORTS TO CHINA (BY $768 MILLION OR 465%), U.S.A. (BY $642 MILLION OR 64%), TAIWAN (BY $472 MILLION OR 49%), SİNGAPORE (BY $337 MILLION OR 30%) AND THE PHILIPPINES (BY $249 MILLION OR 61%).
ACTIVE DEMAND CONTINUED FOR RE-EXPORTS OF TEXTILES (INCREASED BY $815 MILLION OR 57%), ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES (BY $431 MILLION OR 82 %), PEARLS, PRECIOUS AND SEMI-PRECIOUS STONES (BY $429 MILLIÓN OR 30%), CLOTHING (BY $367 MILLION OR 97%), AND WATCHES AND CLOCKS (BY $276 MILLION OR 38%).
THE TRADE INDEX NUMBERS FOR SEPTEMBER 1979 (1973- 100) WERE RELEASED AS FOLLOWS -
VALUE
INDEX
DOMESTIC EXPORTS
328
IMPORTS
316
UNIT VALUE
INDEX
171
176
QUANTUM INDEX
192
180
THE TERMS OF TRADE INDEX FOR SEPTEMBER 1979 WAS 97.