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THURSDAY, MAY 14, 1981
THE CHANGES IN IMPORTS FROM THE TEN MAJOR SOURCES ARE SUMMAR ISED AS FOLLOWS :-
JAN-MAR 81 (HK$ MN)
JAN-MAR 80 (HK$ MN)
INCREASE (HK$ MN)
PERCENTAGE
CHANGE
JAPAN
7 480
5 383
+2 097
+39
CHINA
6 044
4 419
+1 624
+37
U.S.A.
3 310
2 892
417
+14
TAIWAN
2
539
1 695
843
+50
SINGAPORE
2 307
1 532
774
+51
U.K.
1 440
1 111
329
+30
SOUTH KOREA
1 306
798
508
+64
F.R. OF GERMANY
796
745
52
SWITZERLAND
722
667
55
THA ILAND
445
413
32
LOCAL DEMAND FOR JAPANESE GOODS REMAINED STRONG. INCREASES WERE NOTED PARTICULARLY FOR ROAD VEHICLES (BY $429 MILLION OR 94 PER CENT), WATCHES AND CLOCKS (BY $312 MILLION OR 69 PER CENT), TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $222 MILLION OR 43 PER CENT) TEXTILES (BY $205 MILLION OR 27 PER CENT), AS WELL AS ELÉCTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES (BY $205 MILLION OR 39 PER CENT).
AS FOR IMPORTS FROM CHINA, INCREASES WERE RECORDED MAINLY IN TEXTILES (BY $376 MILLION OR 48 PER CENT), CLOTHING (BY $303 MILLION OR 92 PER CENT), VEGETABLES AND FRUIT (BY $97 MILLION OR 46 PER CENT), AND LIVE ANIMALS CHIEFLY FOR FOOD (BY $77 MILLION OR 24 PER CENT).
INCREASES IN IMPORTS FROM THE U.S. WERE LARGELY OF ORGANIC CHEMICALS (BY $94 MILLION OR 439 PER CENT), OFFICE MACHINES AND AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT (BY $77 MILLION OR 26 PER CENT), TRANSPORT EQUIPMENT (BY $58 MILLION OR 143 PER CENT), AS WELL AS VEGETABLES AND FRUIT (BY $55 MILLION OR 37 PER CENT). ON THE OTHER HAND, DECREASES WERE REGISTERED IN THE IMPORTS OF TEXTILE FIBRES (BY $124 MILLION OR 42 PER CENT) AND ARTIFICIAL RESINS AND PLASTIC MATERIALS (BY $63 MILLION OR 20 PER CENT).
SIGNIFICANT INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN THE IMPORTS OF TEXTILES (BY $451 MILLION OR 72 PER CENT) FROM TAIWAN, AND OF PETROLEUM AND RELATED PRODUCTS (BY $672 MILLION OR 71 PER CENT) FROM SINGAPORE.
THE FOLLOWING