FRIDAY, APRIL 17, 1981
JAN
P
(HK$ MN)
FEB 81
JAN
FEB 80 (HK$ MN)
INCREASE
PERCENTAGE
(HK$ MN)
CHANGE
JAPAN
4 768,
3 293
+1 475
+45
CHINA
3 712
2 876
836
+29
U.S.A.
2 126
1 823
304
+17
TAIWAN
1 655
1 046
609
+58
SINGAPORE
1 501
1 052
448
+43
U.K.
869
708
160
+23
SOUTH KOREA
850
523
326
+62
OF GERMANY
532
481
51
+11
*TZERLAND
425
397
29
+7
AUSTRALIA
276
201
75
+37
LOCAL DEMAND FOR JAPANESE GOODS REMAINED STRONG. INCREASES WERE NOTED PARTICULARLY FOR ROAD VEHICLES (BY $249 MILLION OR 80%) TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $184 MILLION OR 54%), TEXTILES (BY $156 MILLION OR 38%), ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES (BY $155 MILLION OR 50%), AND WATCHES AND CLOCKS (BY $150 MILLION OR 49%).
AS FOR IMPORTS FROM CHINA, INCREASES WERE RECORDED MAINLY IN TEXTILES (BY $212 MILLION OR 43%), CLOTHING (BY $198 MILLION OR 98%%), VEGETABLES AND FRUIT (BY $68 MILLION OR 46%), MANUFACTURES OF METAL (BY $53 MILLION OR 110%), AND LIVE ANIMALS CHIEFLY FOR FOOD (BY $50 MILLION OR 25%).
INCREASES IN IMPORTS FROM THE U.S. WERE LARGELY OF OFFICE MACHINES AND AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT (BY $58 MILLION OR 31%), ORGANIC CHEMICALS (BY $57 MILLION OR 396%), VEGETABLES AND FRUIT (BY $45 MILLION OR 45%), AS WELL AS PEARL, PRECIOUS AND SEMI-PRECIOUS STONES (BY $31 MILLION OR 27%).
SIGNIFICANT INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN THE IMPORTS OF TEXTILES (BY 3306 MILLION OR 81%) FROM TAIWAN, AS WELL AS PETROLEUM AND RELATED PRODUCTS (BY $406 MILLION OR 61%) FROM SINGAPORE.
THE FOLLOWING TABLE ILLUSTRATES THE MORE IMPORTANT CHANGES IN IMPORTS BY COMMODITY SECTION:
15
7:3 81