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SATURDAY, MAY 17, 1980
BY COMMODITY, SIGNIFICANT INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN
DOMESTIC EXPORTS OF WATCHES AND CLOCKS (BY $414 MILLION OR 59 PER CENT), RADIO BROADCAST RECEIVERS OF ALL KINDS (BY $256 MILLION OR 75 PER CENT), PLASTIC TOYS AND DOLLS
(BY $134 MILLION OR 23 PER CENT), HOUSEHOLD TYPE ELECTRICAL AND NON-ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT (BY $115 MILLION OR 53 PER CENT), AND OFFICE MACHINES AND AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT (BY $108 MILLION OR 38 PER CENT).
HOWEVER, DOMESTIC EXPORTS OF FISH, CRUSTACEANS AND MOLLUSCS, AND THEIR PREPARATIONS CONTINUED TO DECLINE (BY $36 MILLION OR 34 PER CENT).
THE CHANGES IN IMPORTS FROM TEN MAJOR SOURCES ARE SUMMARISED AS FOLLOWS -
JAN
(HK$
MAR 80 M)
-
JAN · MAR 79 (HK$ M)
INCREASE (HK$ M)
PERCENTAGE CHANGE
JAPAN
5 383
4 048
+ 1 335
33
CHINA
4 419
2 875
+ 1 544
54
U.S.A.
2 892
2 062-
830
+
40
TAIWAN
1 695
1 240
455
37
SINGAPORE
1 532
896
636
71
U.K.
1 111
788
323
41
REP. OF KOREA
798
542
256
47
F.R. OF GERMANY
745
595
150
25
SWITZERLAND
667
554
113
20
THAILAND
413
310
103
33
INCREASES
IMPORT DEMAND FOR JAPANESE GOODS REMAINED STRONG. WERE NOTED PARTICULARLY FOR ROAD VEHICLES (BY $193 MILLION OR 73 PER CENT), TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $160 MILLION OR
45 PER CENT), IRON AND STEEL (BY $146 MILLION OR 63 PER CENT), TEXTILES (BY $133 MILLION OR 22 PER CENT) AS WELL AS WATCHES AND CLOCKS (BY $102 MILLION OR 29 PER CENT).
IMPORTS FROM CHINA ROSE CONSIDERABLY, MAINLY OF PETROLEUM AND RELATED PRODUCTS (BY $331 MILLION OR 137 PER CENT), CLOTHING (BY $196 MILLION OR 146 PER CENT), TEXTILES (BY $163 MILLION OR 26 PER CENT), MEAT AND MEAT PREPARATIONS (BY $61 MILLION OR 46 PER CENT), AND MISCELLANEOUS CRUDE ANIMAL AND VEGETABLE MATERIALS (BY $53 MILLION OR 41 PER CENT).
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