+
SATURDAY, MAY 17, 1980
INCREASES IN IMPORTS FROM THE U.S. WERE LARGELY
OF ARTIFICIAL RESINS AND PLASTIC MATERIALS, AND CELLULOSE ESTERS AND ETHERS (BY $224 MILLION OR 228 PER CENT), OFFICE MACHINES AND AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT (BY $102 MILLION OR 54 PER CENT), TEXTILE FIBRES AND THEIR WASTES (BY $98 MILLION OR 50 PER CENT), AND ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES (BY $71 MILLION OR 41 PER CENT). ON THE OTHER HAND, DECREASES WERE REGISTERED IN IMPORTS OF PEARLS, PRECIOUS AND SEMI-PRECIOUS STONES (BY $14 MILLION OR 6 PER CENT).
SIGNIFICANT INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN IMPORTS OF PETROLEUM AND RELATED PRODUCTS (BY $470 MILLION OR 99 PER CENT) FROM SINGAPORE, AS WELL AS ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES (BY $89 MILLION OR 82 PER CENT) AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $58 MILLION OR 71 PER CENT) FROM TAIWAN.
THE FOLLOWING TABLE ILLUSTRATES THE MORE IMPORTANT CHANGES IN IMPORTS BY COMMODITY SECTION 1-
MANUFACTURED GOODS
JAN MAR BO JAN - MAR 79 INCREASE (HK$ M) (HK$ M) (HK$ M)
PERCENTAGE CHANGE
CLASSIFIED CHIEFLY BY MATERIAL
+
(MAINLY TEXTILE
PRODUCTS, DIAMONDS,
IRON AND STEEL,
AND PAPER)
7 221
5 810
+ 1 411
24
MACHINERY AND
TRANSPORT
EQUIPMENT
5 129
3 800
+ 1 329
35
MISCELLANEOUS
MANUFACTURED
ARTICLES (MAINLY
WATCHES AND
CLOCKS. ARTICLES
OF APPAREL)
3 452
2 394
+ 1 058
44
FOOD AND LIVE
ANIMALS CHIEFLY
FOR FOOD
2 504
2 052
452
22
CHEMICALS AND
RELATED PRODUCTS
2 118
1 301
817
63
MINERAL FUELS,
LUBRICANTS
AND RELATED
MATERIALS
1 712
798
914
+ 115
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