SATURDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1980
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THE CHANGES IN IMPORTS FROM THE TEN MAJOR SOURCES ARE SUMMARISED AS FOLLOWS :-
JAN-OCT 80
(HK$ MN.)
JAN-OCT 79 (HK$ MN.)
INCREASE (HK$ MN.)
PERCENTAGE CHANGE
JAPAN
20 477
15 683
+4 794
+ 31
CHINA
17 342
11 897
+5 445
+ 46
U.S.A.
10 866
8 469
+2 397
+ 28
TAIWAN
6 255
4 781
+1 474
+ 31
SINGAPORE
5 692
3 925
+1 767
+ 45
U.K.
4 362
3 579
783
+ 22
REP. OF KOREA
3 010
2 029
981
+ 48
F.R. OF GERMANY
2 405
2 284
121
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SWITZERLAND
2 314
2 083
231
+ 11
AUSTRALIA
1 412
1 281
131
+ 10
IN CONTRAST WITH DECLINING DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO JAPAN, LOCAL DEMAND FOR JAPANESE GOODS REMAINED STRONG. INCREASES WERE NOTED PARTICULARLY FOR ROAD VEHICLES (BY $866 MILLION OR 94 PER CENT), TEXTILES (BY $599 MILLION OR 25 PER CENT), IRON AND STEEL (BY $491 MILLION OR 49 PER CENT), TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $462 MILLION OR 34 PER CENT), AND WATCHES AND CLOCKS (BY $413 MILLION OR 29 PER CENT).
AS FOR IMPORTS FROM CHINA, INCREASES WERE RECORDED MAINLY IN CLOTHING (BY $928 MILLION OR 117 PER CENT), TEXTILES (BY $762 MILLION OR 32 PER CENT), PETROLEUM AND RELATED PRODUCTS (BY $762 MILLION OR 64 PER CENT), LIVE ANIMALS CHIEFLY FOR FOOD (BY $271 MILLION OR 27 PER CENT), AND MEAT AND MEAT PREPARATIONS (BY $176 MILLION OR 38 PER CENT).
INCREASES IN IMPORTS FROM U.S.A. WERE LARGELY OF OFFICE MACHINES AND AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT (BY $360 MILLION OR 46 PER CENT), ARTIFICIAL RESINS AND PLASTIC MATERIALS, AND CELLULOSÉ ESTERS AND ETHERS (BY $258 MILLION OR 50 PER CENT), TEXTILE FIBRES AND THE IR WASTES (BY $184 MILLION OR 27 PER CENT), AND ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES (BY $145 MILLION OR 19 PER CENT).
SIGNIFICANT INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN THE SUPPLY OF PETROLEUM AND RELATED PRODUCTS (BY $1 384 MILLION OR 62 PER CENT) FROM SINGAPORE, AS WELL AS ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES (BY $244 MILLION OR 45 PER CENT), AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $165 MILLION OR 48 PER CENT) FROM TAIWAN.
/THE FOLLOWING