MONDAY, JANUARY 19, 1981
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THE FOLLOWING TABLE ILLUSTRATES THE MORE IMPORTANT CHANGES IN IMPORTS BY COMMODITY SECTION
MANUFACTURED
GOODS
CLASS IF IED
CHIEFLY BY MATERIAL
(MAINLY TEXTILE
INCREASE/
JAN
NOV 80 JAN - NOV 79 (HK$M)
(HK$M)
DECREASE (HK$M)
PERCENTAGE CHANGE
PRODUCTS,
DIAMONDS, IRON
AND STEEL, AND
PAPER)
30 318
24 409
+ 5 909
+ 24
MACHINERY AND
TRANSPORT
EQUIPMENT
MISCELLANEOUS
22 442
16 908
+ 5 534
+ 33
MANUFACTURED
ARTICLES
(MAINLY
WATCHES AND
CLOCKS,
ARTICLES OF
APPAREL)
15 740
11 235
+ 4 505
+ 40
FOOD AND LIVE
ANIMALS
CHIEFLY FOR
FOOD
10 353
8 714
+ 1 639
+ 19
CHEMICALS AND
RELATED
PRODUCTS
7 251
6 107
+ 1 144
+ 19
MINERAL FUELS,
LUBRICANTS
AND RELATED
MATERIALS
7 157
4 466
+ 2 691
+ 60
SUBSTANTIAL GROWTH WAS RECORDED IN RE-EXPORTS TO CHINA (BY 2 844 MILLION OR 254x), INDONESIA (BY $955 MILLION OR 63%), U.S.A. (BY $931 MILLION OR 514), SINGAPORE (BY $645 MILLION OR 40%), TAIWAN (BY -77 MILLION OR 30%), THE U.K. (BY 432 MILLION OR 141%), NIGERIA (BY 0419 MILLION OR 132%), MACAU (EY 310 MILLION OR 58%), AND THE F.. OF GERMANY (BY $186 MILLION OR 46%). ON THE OTHER HAND A DECLINE WAS REGISTERED IN RE-EXPORTS TO JAPAN (BY 326 MILLION OF 14%),
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