SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1980
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THE CHANGES IN IMPORTS FROM THE TEN MAJOR SOURCES ARE SUMMARIZED AS FOLLOWS:
JAN.
(HK$ MN.)
JULY 80 JAN. JULY 79
(HK$ MN.)
INCREASE (HK$ MN.)
PERCENTAGE CHANGE
JAPAN
13 773
10 536
+ 3 237
+ 31
CHINA
11 313
7 665
+ 3 648
48
U.S.A.
7 766
5 682
+ 2 084
+ 37
TAIWAN
4 238
3 198
+ 1 040
+ 33
SINGAPORE
3 922
2 509
+ 1 413
+ 56
U.K.
2 940
2 332
608
+ 26
REP. OF KOREA
2 063
1 369
694
+ 51
F.R. OF GERMANY
1 690
1 514
176
+ 12
SWITZERLAND
1 613
1 448
165
+ 11
THAILAND
918
719
199
+ 28
IN CONTRAST WITH DECLINING DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO JAPAN, LOCAL DEMAND FOR JAPANESE GOODS REMAINED STRONG. INCREASES WERE NOTED PARTICULARLY FOR ROAD VEHICLES (BY $567 MILLION OR 90 PER CENT), TEXTILES (BY $393 MILLION OR 24 PER CENT), IRON AND STEEL (BY $337 MILLION OR 54 PER CENT), ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES (BY $312 MILLION OR 30 PER CENT), AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $300 MILLION OR 33 PER CENT).
AS FOR IMPORTS FROM CHINA, INCREASES WERE RECORDED MAINLY IN PETROLEUM AND RELATED PRODUCTS (BY $602 MILLION OR 84 PER CENT), TEXTILES (BY $515 MILLION OR 32 PER CENT), CLOTHING (BY $512 MILLION OR 112 PER CENT), LIVE ANIMALS CHIEFLY FOR FOOD (BY $158 MILLION OR 24 PER CENT), AND MEAT AND MEAT PREPARATIONS (BY $129 MILLION OR 45 PER CENT).
INCREASES IN IMPORTS FROM THE U.S. WERE LARGELY OF ARTIFICIAL RESINS AND PLASTIC MATERIALS, AND CELLULOSE ESTERS AND ETHERS (BY $364 MILLION OR 121 PER CENT), TEXTILE FIBRES AND THE IR WASTES (BY $292 MILLION OR 63 PER CENT), OFFICE MACHINES AND AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT (BY $252 MILLION OR 53 PER CENT), AND ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES (BY $151 MILLION OR 32 PER CENT).
SIGNIFICANT INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN THE SUPPLY OF PETROLEUM AND RELATED PRODUCTS (BY $1 151 MILLION OR 84 PER CENT) FROM SINGAPORE AS WELL AS ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES (BY $203 MILLION OR 61 PER CENT), AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING
APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $118 MILLION OR 53 PER CENT) FROM TAIWAN.
/THE FOLLOWING