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MONDAY, JANUARY 18, 1982
SIGNIFICANT INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN THE IMPORTS OF TEXTILES FROM TAIWAN (EY $1 070 MILLION OR 40 PER CENT), AND OF PETROLEUM AND RELATED PRODUCTS FROM SINGAPORE (BY $2 355 MILLION OR 55 PER CENT).
THE FOLLOWING TABLE ILLUSTRATES THE MORE IMPORTANT CHANGES IN IMPORTS RY COMMODITY SECTION:
JAN - NOV 81
(HK$MN)
-
JAN NOV 80 INCREASE PERCENTAGE
(HK$MN)
(HK$MN)
CHANGE
MANUFACTURED
GOCTO
CLASSIFIED
CHIEFLY BY
MATERIAL
(MAINLY
TEXTILE
PRODUCTS,
DIAMONOS, IRON
AND STEEL, AND
PAPER)
36 349
30 318
+6 031
+20
MACHINERY AND
TRANSPORT
EQUIPMENT
29 223
22 442
+6 781
+30
MISCELLANEOUS
MANUFACTURED
ARTICLES
(MAINLY WATCHES
AND CLOCKS,
ARTICLES OF
APPAREL)
20 983
15 740
+5 243
+33
FOOD AND LIVE
ANIMALS CHIEFLY
FOR FOOD
12 594
10 353
+2 241
+22
MINERAL FUELS,
LUBRICANTS AND
RELATED
MATERIALS
10 044
7 157
+2 887
+40
CHEMICALS AND
RELATED
PRODUCTS
8 262
7 251
+1 011
+14
SUBSTANTIAL GROWTH WAS RECORDED IN RE-EXPORTS TO CHINA (BY
MILLION OR 81 PER CENT), U.S.A. (BY 31 572 MILLION OF 57 PER INDONESIA (BY $1 389 MILLION OR 56 PER CENT), SINGAPORE (BY
ON OR 31 PER CENT), JAPAN (BY $526 MILLION OR 26 PER
VACAU BLIC OF KOREA :EY $455 MILLION OR 56 PER CENT), VILLION OR 4E PER CENT), PHILIPPINES
PHILIPPINES BY $327 MILLION OR NIGERIA (EY $234 MILLION OR 32 PER CENT), AND 15PAEL
NF 125 PER CENT),
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