THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1980
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INCREASES IN THE VALUE OF IMPORTS OVER THE SECOND QUARTER OF 1979 WERE LARGEST IN THE CASE OF TEXTILES ($1 147 MILLION) ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES ($904 MILLION), PETROLEUM AND COAL PRODUCTS ($804 MILLION), METAL PRODUCTS ($733 MILLION), AND TRANSPORT EQUIPMENT ($690 MILLION).
IN PERCENTAGE TERMS THE HIGHEST INCREASES WERE FOUND IN TRANSPORT EQUIPMENT (91%), PETROLEUM AND COAL PRODUCTS (69%) FOOTWEAR (60%), WEARING APPAREL (50%), AND METAL PRODUCTS (49%).
PERCENTAGE DECREASES IN VALUE WERE RECORDED FOR MINING AND QUARRYING PRODUCTS (-46%), AND LEATHER PRODUCTS (-6%).
FURTHER DETAILS OF EXTERNAL TRADE STATISTICS RECLASSIFIED BY INDUSTRIAL ORIGIN MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION STATISTICS SECTION OF THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT, TEL 5-274203.
SPEEDPOST TO MORE CITIES IN CHINA *****
THE POST OFFICE SPEEDPOST NETWORK TO CHINA WILL BE FURTHER EXTENDED TO INCLUDE SHANGHAI, FUZHOU, TIANJIN, AND SHENZHEN FROM MONDAY (SEPTEMBER 15).
THIS SERVICE WILL BE AVAILABLE BOTH ON +CONTRACT+ AND +ON DEMAND+. CONDITIONS OF ACCEPTANCE ARE THE SAME AS THOSE FOR BEIJING AND GUANGZHOU,
THE CHARGES ARE AS FOLLOWS:
UP TO
500 G
EACH ADDITIONAL 500 G
CONTRACT
$ 40
$ 5
ON DEMAND
$ 50
$5
SPEEDPOST ITEMS ACCEPTED BEFORE 10 AM FOR SHANGHAI AND TIANJIN WILL BE DELIVERED THE NEXT WORKING DAY.
ITEMS FOR FUZHOU ARE CONVEYED VIA SHANGHAI. AS FLIGHTS FROM SHANGHAI TO FUZHOU ARE ONLY AVAILABLE ON MONDAY, TUESDAY, THURSDAY AND SATURDAY, ITEMS ACCEPTED ON MONDAY, WEDNESDAY AND FRIDAY BEFORE 10 AM WILL BE DELIVERED THE NEXT AFTERNOON BUT ITEMS POSTED ON OTHER DAYS WILL BE DELIVERED ON THE THIRD DAY.
ITEMS ACCEPTED BEFORE 6 PM FOR SHENZHEN WILL BE DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING MORNING.
THOSE WHO WISH TO HAVE MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE SERVICE AND THE PRICE STRUCTURE CAN CONTACT THE POST OFFICE ENQUIRY BUREAU ON 5-2671222 OR THE POSTAL SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE ON 5-2671108.