FRIDAY, MARCH 19, 1982
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THE CHANGES IN IMPORTS FROM THE TEN MAJOR SOURCES ARE SUMMARISED AS FOLLOWS :
JAN. 1982
JAN. 1981
INCREASE DECREASE
PERCENTAGE
(HK$ MN.)
(HK$ MN.)
(HK$ MN.)
CHANGE
CHINA
2 371
2 227
+144
+6
JAPAN
1 913
2 254
-341
-15
USA
1 127
1 120
7
+1
TAIWAN
775
914
-139
-15
SINGAPORE
768
973
-205
-21
UK
492
470
+22
+ 5
REPUBLIC OF KOREA
(SOUTH KOREA)
379
432
- 53
-12
FR OF GERMANY
242
299
57
-19
SWITZERLAND
171
180
9
5
AUSTRALIA
152
160
8
5
CHINA OVERTOOK JAPAN AND BECAME HONG KONG'S LARGEST SUPPLIER. INCREASES WERE RECORDED MAINLY IN CLOTHING (BY $24 MILLION OR 10 PER CENT), FISH, CRUSTACEANS AND MOLLUSCS, AND THEIR PREPARATIONS (BY $16 MILLION OR 28 PER CENT), LIVE ANIMALS CHIEFLY FOR FOOD (BY $15 MILLION OR 10 PER CENT) AND MEAT AND MEAT PREPARATIONS (BY $15 MILLION OR 14 PER CENT).
LOCAL DEMAND FOR JAPANESE GOODS DECLINED. DECREASES WERE REGISTERED FOR ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES (BY $60 MILLION OR 26 PER CENT), IRON AND STEEL (BY $88 MILLION OR 50 PER CENT) AS WELL AS TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $109 MILLION OR 43 PER CENT). HOWEVER, INCREASES WERE NOTED FOR WATCHES AND CLOCKS (BY $31 MILLION OR 16 PER CENT), AND MACHINERY SPECIALISED FOR PARTICULAR INDUSTRIES (BY $23 MILLION OR 39 PER CENT).
INCREASES IN IMPORTS FROM THE US WERE LARGELY OF TOBACCO AND TOBACCO MANUFACTURES (BY $46 MILLION OR 104 PER CENT), AS WELL AS ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES (BY $34 MILLION OR 39 PER CENT). ON THE OTHER HAND, DECREASES WERE REGISTERED IN THE IMPORTS OF OFFICE MACHINERY AND AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT (BY $26 MILLION OR 21 PER CENT) AND ARTIFICIAL RESINS AND PLASTIC MATERIALS (BY $51 MILLION OR 55 PER CENT).
CONSIDERABLE DECREASES WERE ALSO RECORDED IN THE IMPORTS OF TEXTILES FROM TAIWAN (BY $90 MILLION OR 23 PER CENT), AND OF PETROLEUM AND RELATED PRODUCTS FROM SINGAPORE (BY $195 MILLION OR 27 PER CENT).
/THE FOLLOWING
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