MONDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1981
THE FOLLOWING TABLE ILLUSTRATES THE MORE IMPORTANT CHANGES IN IMPORTS BY COMMODITY SECTION:
MANUFACTURED
GOODS
CLASS IF IED
CHIEFLY BY
MATERIAL
1980 (HK$ MN.)
1979 (HK$ MN.)
INCREASE (HK$ MN.)
PERCENTAGE CHANGE
(MAINLY TEXTILE
PRODUCTS,
DIAMONDS, IRON
AND STEEL, AND
PAPER)
33 720
26 931
+6 789
+ 25
MACHINERY AND
TRANSPORT
25 133
18 609
+6 524
+ 35
EQUIPMENT
MISCELLANEOUS
ARTICLES
MANUFACTURED
(MAINLY
WATCHES AND
CLOCKS
ARTICLES OF
APPAREL)
17 628
12 525
+5 103
+ 41
FOOD AND LIVE
ANIMALS
CHIEFLY FOR
FOOD
11 558
9 646
+1 912
+ 20
CHEMICALS AND
RELATED
PRODUCTS
7 934
6 819
+1 115
+ 16
MINERAL FUELS,
LUBRICANTS
AND RELATED
MATERIALS
7 882
4 906
+2 976
+61
SUBSTANTIAL GROWTH WAS RECORDED IN RE-EXPORTS TO CHINA (BY $3 327 MILLION OR 253 PER CENT), U.S. (BY $1 090 MILLION OR 55 PER CENT), INDONESIA (BY $1 078 MILLION OR 64 PER CENT), SINGAPORE (EY $707 MILLION OR 39 PER CENT), TAIWAN (BY $499 MILLION OR 29 PER CENT), NIGERIA (BY $466 MILLION OR 124 PER CENT), THE U.K. (BY $444 MILLION OR 119 PER CENT), MACAU (BY $318 MILLION OR 53 PER CENT), AND THE F.R. OF GERMANY (BY $196 MILLION OR 43 PER CENT). ON THE OTHER HAND, A DECLINE WAS REGISTERED IN RE-EXPORTS TO JAPAN (BY $276 MILLION OR 11 PER CENT).
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