WEDNESDAY, JULY 15, 1981
LOCAL DEMAND FOR JAPANESE GOODS REMAINED STRONG,
INCREASES
WERE NOTED PARTICULARLY FOR ROAD VEHICLES (BY $578 MILLION OR 70 PER CENT), WATCHES AND CLOCKS (BY $551 MILLION OR 70 PER CENT), TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $414 MILLION OR 49 PER CENT), TEXTILES
(BY $352 MILLION OR 25 PER CENT), AS WELL AS ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES (BY $291 MILLION OR 30 PER CENT).
AS FOR IMPORTS FROM CHINA, INCREASES WERE RECORDED MAINLY IN TEXTILES (BY $623 MILLION OR 42 PER CENT), CLOTHING (BY $540 MILLION OR 85 PER CENT), VEGETABLES AND FRUIT (BY $162 MILLION OR 48 PER CENT) AND PETROLEUM, PETROLEUM PRODUCTS AND RELATED MATERIALS (BY $142 MILLION OR 15 PER CENT).
INCREASES IN IMPORTS FROM THE US WERE LARGELY OF ORGANIC CHEMICALS (BY $146 MILLION OR 363 PER CENT), OFFICE MACHINES AND AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT (BY $135 MILLION OR 27 PER CENT), ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES (BY
$92 MILLION OR 22 PER CENT), AS WELL AS VEGETABLES AND FRUIT (BY $91 MILLION OR 31 PER CENT).
ON THE OTHER HAND, DECREASES WERE REGISTERED IN THE IMPORTS OF ARTIFICIAL RESINS AND PLASTIC MATERIALS (BY $189 MILLION OR 33 PER CENT), AND TEXTILE FIBRES (BY $250 MILLION OR 44 PER CENT).
SIGNIFICANT INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN THE IMPORTS OF TEXTILES (BY $645 MILLION OR 57 PER CENT) FROM TAIWAN, AND OF PETROLEUM AND RELATED PRODUCTS (BY $1 035 MILLION OR 60 PER CENT) FROM SINGAPORE.
THE FOLLOWING TABLE ILLUSTRATES THE MORE IMPORTANT CHANGES IN IMPORTS BY COMMODITY SECTION-
-
JAN MAY 81
(HK$ MN.)
JAN
MAY 80 (HK$ MN.)
INCREASE/ DECREASE (HK$ MN.)
PERCENTAGE CHANGE
MANUFACTURED GOODS
CLASS IF IED
CHIEFLY BY
MATERIAL (MAINLY
TEXTILE PRODUCTS,
DIAMONDS, IRON AND STEEL, AND PAPER)
15 940
13 029
+2 911
+22
MACHINERY AND
TRANSPORT
EQUIPMENT
12 560
9 521
+3 039
+32
MISCELLANEOUS
MANUFACTURED
ARTICLES (MAINLY
WATCHES AND
CLOCKS, ARTICLES OF APPAREL)
8 906
6 152
+2 754
+45
/FOOD AND LIVE