TELECOMMUNICATIONS
AND SOUND RECORDING
11
MONDAY, APRIL 26, 1982
AND REPRODUCING
APPARATUS AND
EQUIPMENT
798
684
+114
+17
TEXTILE YARN,
FABRICS, MADE-UP
ARTICLES AND
RELATED PRODUCTS
728
689
+ 39
6
THE CHANGES IN IMPORTS FROM THE 10 MAJOR SOURCES ARE SUMMARISED
AS FOLLOWS -
INCREASE/
JAN-FEB 1982 JAN-FEB 1981
DECREASE PERCENTAGE
(HK$ MN.)
(HK$ MN.)
(HK$ MN.)
CHANGE
CHINA
4 793
3 712
+1 081
+29
JAPAN
4 402
4 768
366
8
US A
2 280
2 126
154
+7
SINGAPORE
1 754
1 501
253
+17
TAIWAN
1 621
1 655
34
-
2
UK
928
869
59
+
REPUBLIC OF KOREA
(SOUTH KOREA)
764
850
86
-10
FR OF GERMANY
486
532
46
ON
9
SWITZERLAND
395
425
F
30
—
7
AUSTRALIA
337
276
61
+22
LOCAL DEMAND FOR IMPORTED GOODS FROM CHINA REMAINED STRONG, INCREASES WERE RECORDED MAINLY IN TEXTILES (BY $221 MILLION OR 31 PER CENT), CLOTHING (BY $138 MILLION OR 35 PER CENT), PETROLEUM AND RELATED PRODUCTS (BY $123 MILLION OR 37 PER CENT), AS WELL AS MEAT AND MEAT PREPARATIONS (BY $74 MILLION OR 51 PER CENT).
AS FOR IMPORTS FROM JAPAN, INCREASES WERE NOTED FOR TEXTILE FABRICS (BY $62 MILLION OR 16 PER CENT) AS WELL AS GENERAL INDUSTRIAL MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT, AND MACHINE PARTS (BY $44 MILLION OR 26 PER CENT),
DECREASES WERE REGISTERED FOR TEXTILE YARN (BY $71 MILLION OR 42 PER CENT), ROAD VEHICLES (BY $76 MILLION OR 14 PER CENT) AS WELL AS TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $186 MILLION OR 36 PER CENT).
INCREASES IN IMPORTS FROM THE US WERE LARGELY OF ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES (BY $69 MILLION OR 39 PER CENT), AS WELL AS TOBACCO AND TOBACCO MANUFACTURES (BY $47 MILLION OR 57 PER CENT).
/UN THE OTHER