FRIDAY, APRIL 18, 1980
5
UK
708
465
243
52
SOUTH KOREA
523
369
154
42
WEST GERMANY
481
399
82
+
21
SWITZERLAND
397
366
31
8
THAILAND
284
194
90
46
INCREASES IN IMPORTS FROM JAPAN WERE LARGELY RECORDED IN ROAD VEHICLES (BY $154 MILLION OR 99%), TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $117 MILLION OR 53%), WATCHES AND CLOCKS (BY $101 MILLION OR 49%), IRON AND STEEL (BY $79 MILLION OR 53%), AND ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES (BY $66 MILLIÓN OR 27%).
IMPORTS FROM CHINA ROSE CONSIDERABLY, MAINLY OF PETROLEUM AND RELATED PRODUCTS (BY $248 MILLION OR 154%) CLOTHING (BY $125 MILLION OR 162%), TEXTILE YARN, FABRICS, MADE-UP ARTICLES AND RELATED PRODUCTS (BY $111 MILLION OR 29%), AND MISCELLANEOUS CRUDE ANIMAL AND VEGETABLE MATERIALS (BY $43 MILLION OR 50%).
IMPORTS FROM USA ALSO SHOWED SUBSTANTIAL INCREASES IN ARTIFICIAL RESINS AND PLASTIC MATERIALS, AND CELLULOSE ESTERS AND ETHERS (BY $136 MILLION OR 232%), OFFICE MACHINES AND AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT BY $72 MILLION OR 61%), ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES (BY $45 MILLION OR 41%) AS WELL AS TOBACCO AND TOBACCO MANUFACTURES (BY $33 MILLION OR 72%).
MARKED INCREASES WERE ALSO RECORDED IN IMPORTS OF PETROLEUM AND RELATED PRODUCTS (BY $366 MILLION OR 122 %) FROM SINGAPORE, AND ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES (BY $54 MILLION OR 81%) FROM TAIWAN.
THE FOLLOWING TABLE ILLUSTRATES THE MORE IMPORTANT CHANGES IN IMPORTS BY COMMODITY SECTION:
MANUFACTURED
GOODS
CLASS IF IED
CHIEFLY BY
MATERIAL
(MAINLY
TEXTILE
PRODUCTS
DIAMONDS,
JAN-FEB 80 (HK$ MN)
JAN-FEB 79 (HK$ MN)
INCREASE (HK$ MN)
PERCENTAGE CHANGE
4 384
3 639
+ 745
20
IRON AND
STEEL, AND PAPER
MACHINERY AND
TRANSPORT
3 248
2 365
+ 883
37
EQUIPMENT
MISCELLA, 2015