MONDAY, JANUARY 14, 1980
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THE FOLLOWING TABLE ILLUSTRATES THE MORE IMPORTANT CHANGES IN IMPORTS BY COMMODITY SECTIONS:-
MANUFACTURED GOODS CLASS IF IED CHIEFLY BY MATERIAL (MAINLY
JAN.-NOV. 79
(HK$ MN.)
JAN.-NOV. 78
(HK$ MN.)
INCREASE
PERCENTAGE
(HK$ MN.) CHANGE
TEXTILE PRODUCTS
AND DIAMONDS)
24 409
18 251
+6 158
+34
MACHINERY AND
TRANSPORT
EQUIPMENT
16 908
10 982
+5 926
+54
MISCELLANEOUS
MANUFACTURED
ARTICLES (MAINLY
WATCHES AND CLOCKS,
ARTICLES OF APPAREL)
11 235
7 860
+3 375
+43
FOOD AND LIVE
ANIMALS CHIEFLY FOR FOOD
CHEMICALS
8 714
7 342
+1 372
+19
AND RELATED
PRODUCTS
6 107
4 161
+1 946
+47
MINERAL FUELS
LUBRICANTS AND
RELATED MATERIALS
4 466
2 863
+1 603
+56
INCREASES IN IMPORTS WERE RECORDED MAINLY IN TEXTILES (BY $2 946 MILLION OR 38 PER CENT), ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES (BY $1 822 MILLION OR 53 PER CENT), PÉTROLEUM AND RELATED PRODUCTS (BY $1 563 MILLION OR 56 PER CENT), TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $1 133 MILLION OR 64 PER CENT) AS WELL AS WATCHES AND CLOCKS (BY $1 091 MILLION OR 39 PER CENT).
RE-EXPORTS TO CHINA INCREASED REMARKABLY BY $933 MILLION OR 494 PER CENT. INCREASES WERE ALSO RECORDED IN RE-EXPORTS TO USA (BY $709 MILLION OR 63 PER CENT), TAIWAN (BY $481 MILLION OR 44 PER CENT), SINGAPORE (BY $369 MILLION OR 29 PER CENT), AND INDONESIA (BY $323 MILLION OR 27 PER CENT).
BY COMMODITY, INCREASES IN RE-EXPORTS WERE IN RESPECT OF TEXTILES (BY $896 MILLION OR 56 PER CENT), ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES (BY $481 MILLIONOR 82 PER CENT), PEARLS PRECIOUS AND SEMI-PRECIOUS STONES (BY $428 MILLION OR 27 PER CENT, CLOTHING (BY 8418 MILLION OR 99 PER CENT), AND WATCHES AND CLOCKS (BY $324. MILLION OR 40 PER CENT).
THE TRADE