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MONDAY, AUGUST 17, 1981
THE FOLLOWING TABLE ILLUSTRATES THE MORE IMPORTANT CHANGES IN IMPORTS BY COMMODITY SECTION -
MANUFACTURED GOODS
CLASSIFIED
CHIEFLY BY
MATERIAL
(MAINLY
JAN-JUNE 81 JAN-JUNE 80
(HK$M)
(HK$M)
(HK$M)
INCREASE PERCENTAGE
CHANGE
TEXTILE
PRODUCTS,
DIAMONDS,
IRON
AND STEEL, AND
PAPER)
19 303
15 690
+3 613
+23
MACHINERY AND
TRANSPORT
EQUIPMENT
15 495
11 486
+4 009
+35
MISCELLANEOUS
MANUFACTURED
ARTICLES (MAINLY
WATCHES AND
CLOCKS, ARTICLES
OF APPAREL)
10 784
7 495
+3 289
+44
FOOD AND LIVE
ANIMALS CHIEFLY
FOR FOOD
6 298
5 171
+1 127
+22
MINERAL FUELS,
LUBRICANTS AND
RELATED
MATERIALS
5 059
3 682
+1 377
+37
CHEMICALS AND
RELATED PRODUCTS
4 276
4 264
12 INSIGNIFICANT
SUBSTANTIAL GROWTH WAS RECORDED IN RE-EXPORTS TO CHINA (BY $2 265 MILLION OR 136%), USA (BY $935 MILLION OR 74%), INDONÉSIA (BY $706 MILLION OR 58%), SINGAPORE (BY $447 MILLION OR 41%), MACAU (BY $205 MILLION OR 47%), SOUTH KOREA (BY $203 MILLION OR 44%), NIGERIA (BY $189 MILLION OR 64%), JAPAN (BY $173 MILLION OR 16%), UK (BY $143 MILLION OR 37%) AND PHILIPPINES (BY $122 MILLION OR 27%).
ON THE OTHER HAND, DECLINES WERE REGISTERED IN RE-EXPORTS TO THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY (BY $43 MILLION OR 14%) AND SWITZERLAND (BY $82 MILLION OR 28%).
/MOST COMMODITIES