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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1980.
THE FOLLOWING TABLE ILLUSTRATES THE MORE IMPORTANT CHANGES IN IMPORTS BY COMMODITY SECTION:
MANUFACTURED
GOODS CLASS IF IED
CHIEFLY BY
MATERIAL (MAINLY
TEXTILE PRODUCTS
JAN-AUG 80 (HK$ M.)
DIAMONDS, IRON AND
JAN-AUG 79 (HK$ M.)
INCREASE (HK$ M.)
PERCENTAGE CHANGE
STEEL, AND PAPER)
21 044
16 782
+4 262
+25
MACHINERY AND
TRANSPORT
EQUIPMENT
16 011
11 909
+4 102
+34
MISCELLANEOUS
MANUFACTURED
ARTICLES (MAINLY
WATCHES AND CLOCKS,
ARTICLES OF
APPAREL)
10 523
7.589
+2 934
+39
FOOD AND LIVE
ANIMALS CHIEFLY
FOR FOOD
7 111
5 978
+1 133
+19
CHEMICALS AND
RELATED PRODUCTS
5 446
4 237
+1 209
+29
MINERAL FUELS
LUBRICANTS AND
RELATED MATERIALS 5 072
2 906
+2 166
+75
AS FOR RE-EXPORTS, SUBSTANTIAL GROWTH WAS RECORDED IN THOSE TO CHINA (BY $1 813 MILLION OR 277 PER CENT), INDONESIA (BY $672 MILLION OR 64 PER CENT), U.S.A. (BY $501 MILLION OR 38 PER CENT), SINGAPORE (BY $420 MILLION OR 37 PER CENT), TAIWAN (BY $386 MILLION OR 34 PER CENT), THE U.K. (BY 8306 MILLION OR 186 PER CENT), NIGERIA (BY $247 MILLION OR 134 PER CENT), MACAU (BY $239 MILLION OR 66 PER CENT), AND THE F.R, OF GERMANY (BY $177 MILLION OR 71 PER CENT). ON THE OTHER HAND, A DECLINE WAS REGISTERED IN RE-EXPORTS TO JAPAN (BY $357 MILLION OR 20 PER CENT).
MOST COMMODITIES RE-EXPORTED THROUGH HONG KONG EXHIBITED STRONG GROWTH, THE MORE SIGNIFICANT ONES BEING TEXTILES (BY $780 MILLION OR 45 PER CENT), WATCHES AND CLOCKS (BY $552 MILLION OR 73 PER CENT), ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES (BY $516 MILLION OR 69 PER CENT), ROAD VEHICLES (BY $385 MILLION OR 139 PER CENT), CLOTHING (BY $373 MILLION OR 65 PER CENT), TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $358 MILLION OF 95 PER CENT), AND NON-FERROUS METALS (BY $227 MILLION OR 117 PER CENT, .
-THE HONG