THURSDAY, MAY 14, 1981
THE FOLLOWING TABLE ILLUSTRATES THE MORE IMPORTANT CHANGES IN IMPORTS BY COMMODITY SECTION :-
MANUFACTURED GOODS
CLASS IF IED CHIEFLY BY MATERIAL (MAINLY TEXTILE PRODUCTS DIAMONDS, IRON AND STEEL, AND PAPER)
JAN-MAR 81 (HK$ MN)
INCREASE/
JAN-MAR 80 (HK$ MN)
DECREASE (HK$ MN)
PERCENTAGE
CHANGE
9 204
7 221
+1 983
+27
MACHINERY AND
TRANSPORT
EQUIPMENT
7 099
5 129
+1 971
+38
MISCELLANEOUS
MANUFACTURED ARTICLES
MAINLY WATCHES AND
CLOCKS, ARTICLES OF
APPAREL)
5 039
3 452
+1 586
+46
FOOD AND LIVE ANIMALS
CHIEFLY FOR FOOD
3 075
2 504
571
+23
MINERAL FUELS,
LUBRICANTS AND
RELATED MATERIALS
2 404
1 712
692
+40
CHEMICALS AND
RELATED PRODUCTS
2 112
2 118
6
LESS THAN
0.5%
SUBSTANTIAL GROWTH WAS RECORDED IN RE-EXPORTS TO CHINA (BY $1 266 MILLION OR 192 PER CENT), INDONESIA (BY $464 MILLION OR 99 PER CENT), U.S.A. (BY $430 MILLION OR 74 PER CENT), SINGAPORE (BY $268 MILLION OR 56 PER CENT), MACAU (BY $117 MILLION OR 58 PER CENT), JAPAN (BY $112 MILLION OR 22 PER CENT), NIGERIA (BY $103 MILLION OR 66 PER CENT), SOUTH KOREA (BY $72 MILLION OR 32 PER CENT), PANAMA (BY $68 MILLION OR 235 PER CENT) AND TAIWAN (BY $60 MILLION OR 12 PER CENT). ON THE OTHER HAND, DECLINES WERE REGISTERED IN RE-EXPORTS TO THE F.R. OF GERMANY (BY $37 MILLION OR 22 PER CENT) AND SWITZERLAND (BY $70 MILLION OR 39 PER CENT).
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MOST COMMODITIES RE-EXPORTED THROUGH HONG KONG EXHIBITED STRONG GROWTH, THE MORE SIGNIFICANT ONES BEING TEXTILES (BY $880 MILLION OR 122 PER CENT), ROAD VEHICLES (BY $412 MILLION OR 247 PER CENT), TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $289 MILLION OR 133 PER CENT), ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES (BY $279 MILLION OR 80 PER CENT), AS WELL AS WATCHES AND CLOCKS (BY $187 MILLION OR 48 PER CENT).
/+THE HCG