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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1980
THE FOLLOWING TABLE ILLUSTRATES THE MORE IMPORTANT CHANGES IN IMPORTS BY COMMODITY SECTION :
MANUFACTURED
GOODS CLASSIFIED
CHIEFLY BY MATERIAL
JAN
SEPT 80 (HK$M)
JAN
-
SEPT 79 INCREASE
(HK$M)
(HKSM)
PERCENTAGE CHANGE
(MAINLY TEXTILE
PRODUCTS,
DIAMONDS, IRON
AND STEEL, AND
PAPER)
23 786
19 089
+ 4 697
+ 25
MACHINERY AND
TRANSPORT
EQUIPMENT
17 942
13 433
+ 4 509
+ 34
MISCELLANEOUS
MANUFACTURED
ARTICLES
(MAINLY WATCHES
AND CLOCKS,
ARTICLES OF
APPAREL)
12 199
8 722
+ 3 477
+ 40
FOOD AND LIVE
ANIMALS
CHIEFLY FOR
FOOD
8 208
6 858
+ 1 350
+ 20
CHEMICALS AND
RELATED
PRODUCTS
5 987
4 842
+ 1 145
+ 24
MINERAL FUELS,
LUBRICANTS
AND RELATED
MATERIALS
5 953
3 588
+ 2 365
+ 66
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AS FOR RE-EXPORTS SUBSTANTIAL GROWTH WAS RECORDED IN THOSE TO CHINA (BY $2 120 MILLION OR 280%), INDONESIA (BY .748 MILLION C 629.), V.Š.A. (BY 593 MILLION OR 40%), SINGAPORE (Y 484 LION OF 37%), TAIWAN (BY $402 MILLION OR 31%), THE UK (BY $310 MILLION OF 157%), NIGERIA (EY $302 MILLION R U, 13E), MACA! (EY SC7- MILLION OR 67%), AND THE FEDERAL REP BLIC
$07- OF GERMANY BY $185 ILLION OR A ON T-E CTHER AND, A DECLINE WAS REGISTERED IN E-EXFORTS TO JA-AN (Y $355 MILLION 06 139..
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/MOST C MMOLI SILD