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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 20, 1980
THE FOLLOWING TABLE ILLUSTRATES THE MORE IMPORTANT CHANGES IN IMPORTS BY COMMODITY SECTION :
JAN
- -
(HK$ M.)
PERCENTAGE
CHANGE
JUNE 80 JAN JUNE 79 INCREASE (HK$ M.)
MANUFACTURED GOODS
CLASS IF IED CHIEFLY EY MATERIAL (MAINLY TEXTILE PRODUCTS, DIAMONDS, IRON AND STEEL, AND PAPER)
(HK$ M.)
15 690
12 446
+ 3 244
26
MACHINERY AND
TRANSPORT
EQUIPMENT
11 486
8 357
+ 3 129
37
MISCELLANEOUS
MANUFACTURED
ARTICLES (MAINLY
WATCHES AND CLOCKS,
ARTICLES OF
APPAREL}
7 495
5 456
+ 2 039
37
FOOD AND LIVE ANIMALS
CHIEFLY FOR FOOD 5 171
4 346
825
19
CHEMICALS AND
RELATED PRODUCTS
4 264
3 008
+ 1 256
42
MINERAL FUELS,
LIBRICANTS AND
RELATED MATERIALS
3 682
1 965
+ 1 717
87
AS FOR RE-EXPORTS, SUBSTANTIAL GROWTH WAS RECORDED IN THOSE TO CHINA (BY $1 218 MILLION OR 274 PER CENT), INDONESIA (BY $466 MILLION OR 61 PER CENT), U.S.A. (BY $345 MILLION OR 38 PER CENT), TAIWAN (BY $339 MILLION OR 39 PER CENT), THE U.K. (BY 1286 MILLION OR 276 PER CENT), NIGERIA (BY $186 MILLION OR 170 PER CENT) MACAU (BY $171 MILLION OR 65 PER CENT), AND THE F.R. OF GERMANY (BY 3144 MILLION OR 84 PER CENT). ON THE OTHER HAND, A SIGNIFICANT DECLINE WAS REGISTERED IN RE-EXPORTS TO JAPAN (BY $285 MILLION OR 21 PER CENT).
MOST COMMODITIES RE-EXPORTED THROUGH HONG KONG EXHIBITED STRONG GROWTH, THE MORE SIGNIFICANT ONES BEING WATCHES AND CLOCKS (BY $407 MILLION OR 78 PER CENT), ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES (BY $369 MILLION OR
70 PER CENT), CLOTHING (EY $281 MILLION OR 74 PER CENT),
ROAD VEHICLES (BY $268 MILLION OR 137 PER CENT), TELECOMMUNICATIONS
AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT
(EY $228 MILLION OR 86 PER CENT). AND NON-FERROUS METALS (BY 3215 MILLION OR 151 PER CENT).
THE TRADE