MONDAY, JANUARY 14, 1980
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THE CHANGES IN IMPORTS FROM TEN MAJOR SOURCES ARE SUMMARISED AS FOLLOWS:-
JAN.-NOV. 79
(HK$ MN.)
JAN.-NOV. 78
(HK$ MN.)
INCREASE (HK$ MN.)
PERCENTAGE CHANGE
JAPAN
17 386
12 789
+4 597
+36
CHINA
13 429
9 431
+3 998
+42
USA
9 465
6 819
+2 646
+39
TAIWAN
5 371
3 759
+1 612
+43
SINGAPORE
4 358
2 898
+1 460
+50
UK
4 033
2 674
+1 359
+51
WEST GERMANY
2 554
1 857
697
+38
SWITZERLAND
2 332
1 851
481
+26
REP. OF KOREA
2 285
1 587
698
+44
AUSTRALIA
1 448
1 121
327
+29
IMPORTS FROM JAPAN ROSE CONSIDERABLY, MAINLY OF ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES (BY $631 MILLION OR 57 PER CENT), TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $554 MILLION OR 58 PER CENT), TEXTILES (BY $504 MILLION OR 24 PER CENT), WATCHES AND CLOCKS (BY $401 MILLION OR 35 PER CENT), AND IRON AND STEEL (BY $309 MILLION OR 38 PER CENT).
IMPORTS FROM CHINA ALSO SHOWED SUBSTANTIAL GROWTH, CHIEFLY IN TEXTILES (BY $848 MILLION OR 45 PER CENT), PETROLEUM AND RELATED PRODUCTS (BY $609 MILLION OR 89 PER CENT), CLOTHING (BY $375 MILLION OR 67 PER CENT), FISH, CRUSTACEANS AND MOLLUSCS (BY $159 MILLION OR 45 PER CENT) AS WELL AS VEGETABLES AND FRUITS (BY $144 MILLION OR 21 PER CENT).
INCREASES IN IMPORTS FROM USA WERE REGISTERED MAINLY IN ARTIFICIAL RESINS AND PLASTIC MATERIALS, AND CELLULOSE ESTERS AND ETHERS (BY $359 MILLION OR 161 PER CENT), OFFICE MACHINES AND AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT (BY $328 MILLION OR 60 PER CENT), ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES (BY $270 MILLION OR 47 PER CENT), AND MISCELLANEOUS TRANSPORT EQUIPMENT (BY $212 MILLION OR 151 PER CENT).
THERE WERE ALSO SIGNIFICANT INCREASES IN IMPORTS OF TEXTILES (BY $621 MILLION OR 41 PER CENT) FROM TAIWAN AND PETROLEUM AND RELATED PRODUCTS FROM SINGAPORE (BY $836 MILLION OR 51 PER CENT).
/THE FOLLOWING