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AIRBORNE IMPORTS FROM THE SIX MAJOR SUPPLIERS ARE SHOWN BELOW 1-
JAN
JUNE 1981 JAN JUNE 1980 (HK$ MN.)
PERCENTAGE
(HK$ MN.)
INCREASE (HK$ MN.)
CHANGE
JAPAN
2 803
2 025
+778
+38
USA
2 438
2 012
+426
+21
SWITZERLAND
1 122
1 007
+115
+11
UK
673
438
+235
+54
TAIWAN
633
441
+192
+44
REP. OF KOREA
599
395
+204
+52
INCREASES WERE REGISTERED IN AIRBORNE IMPORTS OF WATCHES AND CLOCKS (BY $1 124 MILLION OR 47%), PEARLS, PRECIOUS AND SEMI- PRECIOUS STONES (BY $262 MILLION OR 31%), AS WELL AS THERMIONIC, COLD CATHODE AND PHOTO-CATHODE VALVES AND TUBES, PHOTOCELLS AND TRANSISTORS (BY $178 MILLION OR 12 %). IN CONTRAST, DECREASES WERE NOTED IN THE SUPPLY, BY AIR, OF OFFICE MACHINES (BY $45 MILLION OR 68%), AS WELL AS OTHER INORGANIC CHEMICALS AND COMPOUNDS OF PRECIOUS METALS (BY $56 MILLION OR 26%).
GROWTH WAS RECORDED IN AIRBORNE IMPORTS OF WATCHES AND CLOCKS FROM JAPAN (BY $569 MILLION OR 64%) AND THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA (BY $179 MILLION OR 143%).
AMONG THE SIX MAJOR SUPPLIERS, THE US WAS THE LARGEST SUPPLIER, BY AIR, OF PEARLS, PRECIOUS AND SEMI-PRECIOUS STONES, SHOWING AN INCREASE OF $43 MILLION OR 56%.
GROWTH WAS ALSO RECORDED IN AIRBORNE IMPORTS OF THERMIONIC, COLD CATHODE AND PHOTO-CATHODE VALVES AND TUBES, PHOTOCELLS AND TRANSISTORS FROM JAPAN (BY $31 MILLION OR 10%), AND THE US (BY $31 MILLION OR 8%).
AIRBORNE RE-EXPORTS CONTINUED TO GROW IN THE FIRST HALF OF 1981. MAJOR RE-EXPORT ITEMS WITH SUBSTANTIAL INCREASES WERE CONCENTRATES, WASTE, SCRAP AND SWEEPINGS OF PRECIOUS METALS (OTHER THAN OF GOLD) (BY $273 MILLION OR 215%), THERMIONIC, COLD CATHODE AND PHOTO-CATHODE VALVES AND TUBES, PHOTOCELLS AND TRANSISTORS (BY $254 MILLION OR 52%), AS WELL AS WATCHES AND CLOCKS (BY $131 MILLION OR 15%).
ON THE OTHER HAND, AIRBORNE RE-EXPORTS OF SILVER, PLATINUM AND OTHER METALS OF THE PLATINUM GROUP DECLINED SUBSTANTIALLY (BY $180 MILLION OR 82%).
THE US WAS THE LARGEST MARKET FOR HONG KONG'S AIRBORNE RE-EXPORTS, WITH A VALUE OF $623 MILLION (AN INCREASE OF $233 MILLION OR 60%). INCREASES WERE ALSO REGISTERED IN AIRBORNE RE-EXPORTS TO CHINA (BY $188 MILLION OR 297%), TAIWAN (BY $136 MILLION OR 28%), SINGAPORE (BY $118 MILLION OR 26 %), ISRAEL (BY $99 MILLION OR 135%) AND THE UK (BY $98 MILLION OR 34%). AIRBORNE RE-EXPORTS TO JAPAN CONTINUED TO DECLINE (BY $88 MILLION OR 15%).
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