TELECOMMUNICATIONS
AND SOUND
RECORDING AND
다
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1982
REPRODUCING
APPARATUS AND
EQUIPMENT
5 618
5 030
588
+12
TEXTILE YARN,
FABRICS, MADE-UP
ARTICLES AND
RELATED PRODUCTS 5 302
4 535
767
+17
THE CHANGES IN IMPORTS FROM THE TEN MAJOR SOURCES ARE SUMMARISED AS FOLLOWS:-
INCREASE/
1981 (HK$ MN.)
1980 (HK$ MN.
DECREASE (HK$ MN.
PERCENTAGE
CHANGE
JAPAN
32 130
25 644
+6 486
+25
CHINA
29 510
21 948
+7 562
+34
U.S.A.
14 442
13 210
+1 232
+9
TAIWAN
10 762
7 961
+2 801
+35
SINGAPORE
10 627
7 384
+3 243
+44
U.K.
6 283
5 456
827
+15
REPUBLIC OF KOREA
(SOUTH KOREA)
5 495
3 869
+1 626
+42
F.R. OF GERMANY
3 383
2 883
500
+17
SWITZERLAND
2 848
2 897
49
- 2
AUSTRALIA
2 005
1 698
307
+18
LOCAL DEMAND FOR JAPANESE GOODS REMAINED STRONG.
INCREASES WERE NOTED PARTICULARLY FOR ROAD VEHICLES (BY $918 MILLION OR 40 PER CENT), WATCHES AND CLOCKS (BY $870 MILLION OR 38 PER CENT), ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES (BY $797 MILLION OR 33 PER CENT), TEXTILES (BY $617 MILLION OR 17 PER CENT), AS WELL AS TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $586 MILLION OR 24 PER CENT).
AS FOR IMPORTS FROM CHINA, INCREASES WERE RECORDED MAINLY IN TEXTILES (BY $1 703 MILLION OR 41 PER CENT), CLOTHING (BY $1 419 MILLION OR 62 PER CENT), VEGETABLES AND FRUIT (BY $557 MILLION OR 52 PER CENT), MANUFACTURES OF METAL (BY $320 MILLION OR 68 PER CENT) AND LIVE ANIMALS CHIEFLY FOR FOOD (BY $304 MILLION OR 19 PER CENT).
INCREASES IN IMPORTS FROM THE U.S. WERE LARGELY OF ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES (BY $420 MILLION OR 40 PER CENT), VEGETABLES AND FRUIT (BY $217 MILLION OR 28 PER CENT), AS WELL AS TOBACCO AND TOBACCO MANUFACTURES (BY $157 MILLION OR 30 PER CENT).
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