PHOTOGRAPHIC
APPARATUS OPTICAL GOODS, WATCHES
AND CLOCKS
AND SOUND
1
FRIDAY, APRIL 18, 1980
801
513
+ 288
56
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
RECORDING AND
REPRODUCING
734
434
+ 300
69
APPARATUS AND
EQUIPMENT
TEXTILE YARN,
FABRICS.
MADE-UP
ARTICLES AND
678
486
+ 192
40
RELATED PRODUCTS
ELECTRICAL
MACHINERY,
APPARATUS AND
APPLIANCES
(MAINLY
TRANSISTORS AND
DIODES AND
560
367
+ 193
+ 53
HOUSEHOLD TYPE
APPLIANCES)
SUBSTANTIAL INCREASES WERE NOTED IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS OF WATCHES AND CLOCKS (BY $252 MILLION OR 59%), RADIO BROADCAST RECEIVERS OF ALL KINDS (BY $170 MILLION OR 81%), MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURES OF METAL (BY $111 MILLION OR 61%), PLASTIC TOYS AND DOLLS (BY $107 MILLION OR 30%), TRAVEL GOODS, HANDBAGS AND SIMILAR CONTAINERS (BY $74 MILLION OR 52%) AS WELL AS ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS AND PARTS FOR COMPUTERS (BY $51 MILLION OR 48%).
ON THE OTHER HAND, DECLINES WERE RECORDED IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS OF FISH, CRUSTACEANS AND MOLLUSCS (BY $26 MILLION OR 38%), AND IRON AND STEEL (BY $6 MILLION OR 54%).
THE CHANGES IN IMPORTS FROM 10 MAJOR SUPPLIERS ARE SUMMARISED AS FOLLOWS:
JAN-FEB 80 (HK$ MN)
JAN-FEB 79 (HK$ MN)
INCREASE (HK$ MN)
PERCENTAGE CHANGE
JAPAN
3 293
2 422
871
36
CHINA
2 876
1 797
+ 1 079
+
60
USA
1 823
1 310
513
39
SINGAPORE
1 052
555
497
90
TAIWAN
1 046
784
262
33
/UK