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ON THE OTHER HAND, DECREASES WERE REGISTERED IN THE IMPORTS OF TRANSPORT EQUIPMENT OTHER THAN ROAD VEHICLES (BY $349 MILLION OR 38 PER CENT) AND TEXTILE FIBRES AND WASTES (BY $379 MILLION OR 43 PER CENT).
SIGNIFICANT INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN THE IMPORTS OF TEXTILES FROM TAIWAN (BY $1 101 MILLION OR 37 PER CENT), AND OF PETROLEUM AND RELATED PRODUCTS FROM SINGAPORE (BY $2 433 MILLION OR 50 PER CENT).
THE FOLLOWING TABLE ILLUSTRATES THE MORE IMPORTANT CHANGES IN IMPORTS BY COMMODITY SECTION-
1981 HK$ MN.)
1980 HKS MN.)
INCREASE
HK$ MN.)
PERCENTAGE CHANGE
MANUFACTURED GOODS
CLASSIFIED
CHIEFLY BY
MATERIAL (MAINLY
TEXTILE PRODUCTS,
DIAMONDS, IRON
AND STEEL, AND
PAPER)
40 149
33 720
+6 429
+19
MACHINERY AND
TRANSPORT
EQUIPMENT
32 298
25 133
+7 165
+29
MISCELLANEOUS
MANUFACTURED
ARTICLES (MAINLY
WATCHES AND
CLOCKS, ARTICLES
OF APPAREL)
23 179
17 628
+5 551
+31
FOOD AND LIVE
ANIMALS CHIEFLY
FOR FOOD
13.993
11 558
+2 435
+21
MINERAL FUELS.
LUBRICANTS AND
RELATED
MATERIALS
10 966
7 882
+3 084
+39
CHEMICALS AND
RELATED
PRODUCTS
9 059
7 934
+1 125
+14
SUBSTANTIAL GROWTH WAS RECORDED IN RE-EXPORTS TO CHINA (BY $3 402 MILLION OR 73 PER CENT), U.S.A. (BY $1 700 MILLION OR 55 PER CENT), INDONESIA (BY $1 511 MILLION OR 55 PER CENT), SINGAPORE (BY $733 MILLION OR 29 PER CENT), OR 27 PER CENT), REPUBLIC OF KOREA (BY $502 MILLION OR 56 PER
JAPAN (BY $590 MILLION CENT), MACAU (BY $484 MILLION OR 52 PER CENT), PHILIPPINES (BY $390 MILLION OR 43 PER CENT), SAUDI ARABIA (BY $238 MILLION OR 69 PER CENT), AND NIGERIA (BY $230 MILLION OR 27 PER CENT).
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