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SUNDAY, MARCH 29, 1981
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THE FOLLOWING TABLE ILLUSTRATES THE MORE IMPORTANT CHANGES IN IMPORTS BY COMMODITY SECTION:
JAN 1981 (HK$ MN.)
JAN 1980 (HK$ MN.)
INCREASE (HK$ MN.)
PERCENTAGE CHANGE
MANUFACTURED GOODS
CLASS IF IED CHIEFLY BY MATERIAL (MAINLY TEXTILE PRODUCTS. DIAMONDS, IRON AND STEEL, AND PAPER
3 223
2 351
+872
+37
MACHINERY AND TRANS-
PORT EQUIPMENT
2 254
1 672
+582
+35
MISCELLANEOUS
MANUFACTURED ARTICLES
(MAINLY WATCHES AND
CLOCKS, ARTICLES
OF APPAREL)
1 545
1 083
+461
+43
FOOD AND LIVE ANIMALS
CHIEFLY FOR FOOD
1 186
881
+305
+35
MINERAL FUELS,
LUBRICANTS AND
RELATED MATERIALS
990
733
+258
+35
CHEMICALS AND
RELATED PRODUCTS
775
690
+ 85
+12
SUBSTANTIAL GROWTH WAS RECORDED IN RE-EXPORTS TO CHINA (BY $505 MILLION OR 250 PER CENT), USA (BY $185 MILLION OR 99 PER CENT), INDONESIA (BY $133 MILLION OR 89 PER CENT), SINGAPORE (BY $110 MILLION OR 70 PER CENT), JAPAN (BY $58 MILLION OR 37 PER CENT), NIGERIA (BY $58 MILLION OR 140 PER CENT), SOUTH KOREA (BY $32 MILLION OR 48 PER CENT), AND MACAU (BY $25 MILLION OR 33 PER CENT). ON THE OTHER HAND, A DECLINE WAS REGISTERED IN RE-EXPORTS TO SWITZERLAND (BY $47 MILLION OR 62 PER CENT).
MOST COMMODITIES RE-EXPORTED THROUGH HONG KONG EXHIBITED STRONG GROWTH, THE MORE SIGNIFICANT ONES BEING TEXTILES (BY $356 MILLION OR 163 PER CENT), TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $1 MILLION OR 145 PER CENT), ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES (BY $108 MILLION OR 95 PER CENT), METALLIFEROUS ORES AND METAL SCRAP (BY $102 MILLION OR 185 PER CENT), ROAD VEHICLES (BY $92 MILLION OR 153 PER CENT), AND CLOTHING (BY $89 MILLION OR 88 PER CENT).
+THE HONG KONG TRADE STATISTICS SUMMARY+
SUMMARY+, A SUMMARY REPORT ON HONG KONG'S EXTERNAL TRADE IN JANUARY 1981, WILL SOON BE ON SALE AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE AT HK$3 PER COPY. A MORE COMPREHENSIVE REPORT, +HONG KONG EXTERNAL TRADE+, WITH A DETAILED ANALYSIS OF THE MONTH'S IMPORTS, EXPORTS AND RE-EXPORTS, WILL BE PUBLISHED IN EARLY APRIL AND WILL ALSO BE AVAILABLE AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE AT HK$10 PER COPY. ENQUIRIES CONCERNING SUBSCRIPTIONS TO THESE REPORTS MAY BE DIRECTED TO THE INFORMATION SERVICES DEPARTMENT AT BASKERVILLE HOUSE, HONG KONG. (TEL. NO. 5-214375).
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