SUNDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1981
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THE FOLLOWING TABLE ILLUSTRATES THE MORE IMPORTANT CHANGES IN IMPORTS BY COMMODITY SECTION
JAN-OCT 81 (HK$ MN)
JAN-OCT 80 (HK$ MN)
INCREASE (HK$ MN)
PERCENTAGE CHANGE
MANUFACTURED GOODS
CLASS IF IED CHIEFLY
BY MATERIAL (MAINLY
TEXTILE PRODUCTS,
DIAMONDS. IRON AND
STEEL, AND PAPER) 32 788
26 901
+5 887
+22
MACHINERY AND
TRANSPORT
EQUIPMENT
26 485
20 090
+6 395
+32
MISCELLANEOUS
MANUFACTURED
ARTICLES (MAINLY
WATCHES AND CLOCKS,
ARTICLES OF
APPAREL)
18 812
13 928
+4 884
+35
FOOD AND LIVE ANIMALS
CHIEFLY FOR FOOD
11 233
9 293
+1 940
+21
MINERAL FUELS,
LUBRICANTS AND
RELATED MATERIALS
8 965
6 270
+2 695
+43
CHEMICALS AND
RELATED PRODUCTS 7 427
6 571
856
+13
SUBSTANTIAL GROWTH WAS RECORDED IN RE-EXPORTS TO CHINA (BY $3 021 MILLION OR 89 PER CENT), U.S.A. (BY $1 524 MILLION OR 64 PER CENT), INDONESIA (BY $1 212 MILLION OR 55 PER CENT), SINGAPORE (BY $623 MILLION OR 31 PER CENT), JAPAN (BY $407 MILLION OR 22 PER CENT), REPUBLIC OF KOREA (BY $389 MILLION OR 52 PER CENT), MACAU (BY $356 MILLION OR 46 PER CENT), PHILIPPINES (BY $295 MILLION OR 39 PER CENT), NIGERIA (BY $236 MILLION OR 37 PER CENT), AND ISRAEL (BY $219 MILLION OR 135 PER CENT). THE OTHER HAND, DECLINES WERE REGISTERED IN RE-EXPORTS TO BELGIUM AND LUXEMBOURG (BY $40 MILLION OR 15 PER CENT) AND SWITZERLAND (BY $185 MILLION OR 34 PER CENT).
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MOST COMMODITIES RE-EXPORTED THROUGH HONG KONG EXHIBITED STRONG GROWTH, THE MORE SIGNIFICANT ONES BEING TEXTILES (BY $2 333 MILLION OR 69 PER CENT), ROAD VEHICLES (BY $992 MILLION OR 109 PER CENT), ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES (BY $889 MILLION OR 55 PER CENT), TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $674 MILLION OR 69 PER CENT), AND CLOTHING (BY $543 MILLION OR 43 PER CENT).
THE OCTOBER 1981 ISSUE OF THE +HONG KONG TRADE STATISTICS - SUMMARY+, BEING A SUMMARY REPORT ON HONG KONG'S EXTERNAL TRADE IN OCTOBER 1981, WILL SOON BE ON SALE AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE AT HK$3 PER COPY.
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