ELECTRICAL
MACHINERY,
APPARATUS AND
MONDAY, JULY 14, 1980
APPLIANCES
(MAINLY
1 646
1 091
555
+ 51
TRANSISTORS
AND DIODES AND
HOUSEHOLD TYPE
APPLIANCES)
THE CHANGES IN IMPORTS FROM 10 MAJOR SOURCES ARE:
JAN MAY 80
(HK$ MN.)
JAN MAY 79
(HK$ MN.)
INCREASE (HK$ MN.)
PERCENTAGE CHANGE
JAPAN
9 629
7 209
+ 2 420
+ 34
CHINA
7 861
5 222
+ 2 639
+ 51
US A
5 481
3 726
+ 1 755
+ 47
TAIWAN
3 051
2 192
859
+ 39
SINGAPORE
2 742
1 629
+ 1 113
68
UK
2 068
1 602
466
+ 29
REP. OF KOREA
1 444
939
505
+ 54
F.R. OF GERMANY
1 218
1 057
161
+ 15
SWITZERLAND
1 092
THAILAND
682
977
544
115
+ 12
138
+ 25
IN CONTRAST WITH DECLINING DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO JAPAN, LOCAL DEMAND FOR JAPANESE GOODS REMAINED STRONG.
INCREASES WERE NOTED PARTICULARLY FOR ROAD VEHICLES (BY $401 MILLION OR 94 PER CENT), TEXTILES (BY $269 MILLION OR 24 PER CENT), ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES (BY $243 MILLION OR 34 PER CENT), TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $235 MILLION OR 38 PER CENT), AND IRON AND STEEL (BY $216 MILLION OR 50 PER CENT).
IMPORTS FROM CHINA ROSE CONSIDERABLY, MAINLY PETROLEUM AND RELATED PRODUCTS (BY $428 MILLION OR 88 PER CENT) TEXTILES (BY $378 MILLION OR 34 PER CENT), CLOTHING (BY $348 MILLION OR 121 PER CENT), LIVE ANIMALS CHIEFLY FOR FOOD (BY $130 MILLION OR 29 PER CENT), AND MEAT AND MEAT PREPARATIONS
BY $98 MILLION OR 48 PER CENT).
/INCREASES IN