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THURSDAY, MARCH 20, 1980
THE CHANGES IN IMPORTS FROM 10 MAJOR SOURCES ARE SUMMARISED
AS FOLLOWS -
CHINA
JAPAN
USA
SINGAPORE
TAIWAN
UK
SOUTH KOREA
WEST GERMANY
SWITZERLAND
FRANCE
1 600
636
JANUARY 80
(HK$ MN.)
JANUARY 79 (HK$ MN.)
INCREASE (HK$ MN.)
PERCENTAGE CHANGE
1 636
977
1 008
873
+ 659 + 592 + 237
67
59
291
265
177
129
321 424 266 195. 195
172
91
+ 37 + 117 +37
64
49
70
5
38
36
3
42
697
582
TH
436
+ 376 +158 + 170 96
REMARKABLE INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN IMPORTS FROM JAPAN, PARTICULARLY OF ROAD VEHICLES (BY $71 MILLION OR 90 PER CENT), WATCHES AND CLOCKS (BY $62 MILLION OR 81 PER CENT), TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODÚČING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $63 MILLION OR 70 PER CENT) AS WELL AS IRON AND STEEL (BY $46 MILLION OR 67 PER CENT).
IMPORTS FROM CHINA ALSO ROSE TREMENDOUSLY, MAINLY IN PETROLEUM AND RELATED PRODUCTS (BY $125 MILLION OR 142 PER CENT), TEXTILES (BY $93 MILLION OR 46 PER CENT) AND CLOTHING (BY $78 MILLION OR 204 PER CENT).
INCREASES IN IMPORTS FROM USA WERE ATTRIBUTED LARGELY TO THE BIGGER DEMAND FOR ARTIFICIAL RESINS AND PLASTIC MATERIALS, AND CELLULOSE ESTERS AND ETHERS (BY $59 MILLION OR 210 PER CENT), OFFICE MACHINES AND AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT (BY) $39 MILLION OR 77 PER CENT), AND ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES (BY $27 MILLION OR 55 PER CENT).
SIGNIFICANT INCREASES WERE ALSO REGISTERED IN IMPORTS OF PETROLEUM AND RELATED PRODUCTS (BY $313 MILLION OR 173 PER CENT) FROM SINGAPORE AND ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES (BY $29 MILLION OR 84 PER CENT) FROM TAÍWAN.
THE FOLLOWING TABLE ILLUSTRATES THE MORE IMPORTANT CHANGES IN IMPORTS BY COMMODITY SECTION:-
JANUARY 80 (HK$ MN.)
JANUARY 79 (HK$ MN.)
INCREASE (HK$ MN.)
PERCENTAGE CHANGE
MANUFACTURED GOODS
CLASSIFIED CHIEFLY
BY MATERIAL (MAINLY
TEXTILE PRODUCTS
AND DIAMONDS)
2 351
1 671
+ 680
41
MACHINERY AND
TRANSPORT EQUIPMENT
1 672
1 118
+ 554
50
/MISCELLANEOUS