SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1980
THE FOLLOWING TABLE ILLUSTRATES THE MORE IMPORTANT CHANGES IN IMPORTS BY COMMODITY SECTION:
MANUFACTURED GOODS
CLASSIFIED CHIEFLY BY MATERIAL (MAINLY TEXTILE PRODUCTS, DIAMONDS, IRON AND STEEL, AND PAPER)
JAN. JULY 80 (HK$ MN.)
JAN. JULY 79
(HK$ MN.)
INCREASE
PERCENTAGE
(HK$ MN.)
CHANGE
18 371
14 645
+ 3 726
+ 25
MACHINERY AND
TRANSPORT EQUIPMENT
13 779
10 223
+ 3 556
+ 35
MISCELLANEOUS
MANUFACTURED ARTICLES
(MAINLY WATCHES AND
CLOCKS, ARTICLES OF
APPAREL)
9 039
6 561
+ 2 478
+ 38
FOOD AND LIVE ANIMALS
CHIEFLY FOR FOOD
6 033
5 166
867
+ 17
CHEMICALS AND
RELATED PRODUCTS
4 866
3 592
+ 1 274
+ 35
MINERAL FUELS,
LUBRICANTS AND
RELATED MATERIALS
4 305
2 416
+ 1 889
+ 78
AS FOR RE-EXPORTS, SUBSTANTIAL GROWTH WAS RECORDED IN RE-EXPORTS TO CHINA (BỶ $1 471 MILLION OR 261 PER CENT) INDONESIA (BY $531 MILLION OR 59 PER CENT), USA (BY $417 MILLION OR 38 PER CENT), SINGAPORE (BY $369 MILLION OR 38 PER CENT), TAIWAN (BY $357 MILLION OR 36 PER CENT), THE UK (BY $300 MILLION OR 229 PER CENT), NIGERIA (BY $220 MILLION OR 154 PER CENT), MACAU (BY $199 MILLION OR 63 PER CENT), AND THE F.R. OF GERMANY (BY $170 MILLION OR 83 PER CENT). ON THE OTHER HAND, A SIGNIFICANT DECLINE WAS REGISTERED IN RE-EXPORTS TO JAPAN (BY $326 MILLION OR 21 PER CENT).
MOST COMMODITIES RE-EXPORTED THROUGH HONG KONG EXHIBITED STRONG GROWTH, THE MORE SIGNIFICANT ONES BEING TEXTILES (BY $582 MILLION OR 38 PER CENT), WATCHES AND CLOCKS (BY $473 MILLION OR 73 PER CENT), ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES (BY $440 MILLION OR 69 PER CENT), CLOTHING (BY $324 MILLION OR 68 PER CENT), ROAD VEHICLES (BY $316 MILLION OR 130 PER CENT), TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $293 MILLION OR 93 PER CENT), AND NON-FERROUS METALS (BY $225 MILLION OR 141 PER CENT),
THE TRADE