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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1980
CHANGES IN IMPORTS FROM THE TEN MAJOR SOURCES ARE SUMMARISED
AS FOLLOWS:
JAN-AUG 80 (HK$ M.)
JAN-AUG 79 (HK$ M.)
INCREASE (HK M.)
PERCENTAGE
CHANGE
JAPAN
15 984
12 166
+3 818
+31
CHINA
13 236
8 983
+4 253
+47
U.S.A.
8 899
6 627
+2 272
+34
TAIWAN
4 924
3 693
+1 231
+33
SINGAPORE
4 631
2 967
+1 664
+56
U.K.
3 430
2 802
628
+22
R. OF KOREA
2 328
1 574
754
+48
F.R. OF GERMANY
1 946
1 769
177
+10
SWITZERLAND
1 803
1 616
187
+12
AUSTRALIA
1 084
1 009
75
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IN CONTRAST WITH DECLINING DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO JAPAN, LOCAL DEMAND FOR JAPANESE GOODS REMAINED STRONG. INCREASES WERE NOTED PARTICULARLY FOR ROAD VEHICLES (BY $650 MILLION OR 90 PER CENT), TEXTILES (BY $488 MILLION OR 27 PER CENT), IRON AND STEEL (BY $371 MILLION OR 50 PER CENT), TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $382 MILLION OR 36 PER CENT), AND ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES (BY $353 MILLION OR 29 PER CENT).
AS FOR IMPORTS FROM CHINA, INCREASES WERE RECORDED MAINLY IN PETROLEUM AND RELATED PRODUCTS" (BY $679 MILLION OR 76 PER CENT), CLOTHING (BY $635 MILLION OR 114 PER CENT), TEXTILES (BY $597 MILLION OR 33 PER CENT), LIVE ANIMALS CHIEFLY FOR FOOD (BY $196 MILLION OR 25 PER CENT), AND MEAT AND MEAT PREPARATIONS (BY $149 MILLION OR 44 PER CENT).
INCREASES IN IMPORTS FROM THE U.S. WERE LARGELY OF ARTIFICIAL RESINS AND PLASTIC MATERIALS, AND CELLULOSE ESTERS AND ETHERS (BY $344 MILLION OR 96 PER CENT), TEXTILE FIBRES AND THEIR WASTES (BY $299 MILLION OR 56 PER CENT), OFFICE MACHINES AND AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT (BY $297 MILLION OR 50 PER CENT), AND ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES (BY $162 MILLION OR 29 PER CENT).
SIGNIFICANT INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN THE SUPPLY OF PETROLEUM AND RELATED PRODUCTS (BY $1 335 MILLIC OR 80 PER CENT) FROM SINGAPORE AS WELL AS ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES (BY $232 MILLION OR 58 PER CENT), AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $134 MILLION OR 51 PER CENT) FROM TAIWAN,
THE FOLLOWING