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INCREASES WERE NOTED PARTICULARLY FOR WATCHES AND CLOCKS (BY $750 MILLION OR 55 PER CENT), ROAD VEHICLES (BY $709 MILLION OR 52 PER CENT), TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $548 MILLION OR 38 PER CENT), ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES (BY $527 MILLION OR 34 PER CENT), AS WELL AS TEXTILES (BY $485 MILLION OR 21 PER CENT).
AS FOR IMPORTS FROM CHINA, INCREASES WERE RECORDED MAINLY IN TEXTILES (BY $1 170 MILLION OR 48 PER CENT), CLOTHING (BY $940 MILLION OR 79 PER CENT), VEGETABLES AND FRUIT (BY $335 MILLION OR 55 PER CENT) AND LIVE ANIMALS CHIEFLY FOR FOOD (BY $208 MILLION OR 21 PER CENT).
INCREASES IN IMPORTS FROM THE UNITED STATES WERE LARGELY OF ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES (BY $208 MILLION OR 29 PER CENT), ORGANIC CHEMICALS (BY $187 MILLION OR 263 PER CENT), OFFICE MACHINES AND AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT (BY $164 MILLION OR 18 PER CENT), AS WELL AS VEGETABLES AND FRUIT (BY $153 MILLION OR 32 PER CENT). ON THE OTHER HAND, DECREASES WERE REGISTERED IN THE IMPORTS OF ARTIFICIAL RESÍNS AND PLASTIC MATERIALS (BY $161 MILLION OR 23 PER CENT), AND TEXTILE FIBRES AND WASTES (BY $407 MILLION OR 49 PER CENT).
SIGNIFICANT INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN THE IMPORTS OF TEXTILES (BY $933 MILLION OR 52 PER CENT) FROM TAIWAN, AND OF PETROLEUM AND RELATED PRODUCTS (BY $1 824 MILLION OR 61 PER CENT) FROM SINGAPORE.
THE FOLLOWING TABLE ILLUSTRATES THE MORE IMPORTANT CHANGES IN IMPORTS BY COMMODITY SECTION:
MANUFACTURED GOODS
CLASSIFIED CHIEFLY BY MATERIAL (MAINLY TEXTILE PRODUCTS DIAMONDS, IRON AND
JAN-AUG 81
(HK$ MN.)
JAN-AUG 80 (HK$ MN.)
INCREASE
(HK$ MN.)
PERCENTAGE CHANGE
STEEL, AND PAPER)
26 043
21 044
+4 999
+24
MACHINERY AND
TRANSPORT EQUIPMENT 21 045
16 011
+5 034
+31
MISCELLANEOUS
MANUFACTURED ARTICLES
(MAINLY WATCHES AND
CLOCKS, ARTICLES OF
APPAREL)
14 606
10 523
+4 083
+39
FOOD AND LIVE ANIMALS
CHIEFLY FOR FOOD
8 646
7 111
+1 535
+22
MINERAL FUELS.
LUBRICANTS AND
RELATED MATERIALS
7 275
5 072
+2 203
+43
CHEMICALS AND
RELATED PRODUCTS
5 798
5 446
352
+ 6
/SUESTANTIAL GROWTH