MONDAY, APRIL 26, 1982
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ON THE OTHER HAND, DECREASES WERE REGISTERED IN THE IMPORTS OF OFFICE MACHINES AND AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT
(BY $53 MILLION OR 21 PER CENT) AND ARTIFICIAL RESINS AND PLASTIC MATERIALS (BY $96 MILLION OR 51 PER CENT).
CONSIDERABLE INCREASES WERE REGISTERED IN THE IMPORTS OF PETROLEUM AND RELATED PRODUCTS FROM SINGAPORE (BY $191 MILLION OR 18 PER CENT), AND OF ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES FROM TAIWAN (BY $52 MILLION OR 31 PER CENT).
IMPORTS OF TEXTILES FROM TAIWAN DECLINED (BY $33 MILLION OR FIVE PER CENT).
THE FOLLOWING TABLE ILLUSTRATES THE MORE IMPORTANT CHANGES IN IMPORTS BY COMMODITY SECTION -
JAN-FEB 1982
(HK$ MN.)
INCREASE/ JAN-FEB 1981 DECREASE
(HK$ MN.) (HK$ MN.)
PERCENTAGE
CHANGE
MANUFACTURED GOODS CLASSIFIED CHIEFLY BY MATERIAL (MAINLY TEXTILE PRODUCTS, DIAMONDS, IRON AND STEEL, AND
PAPER)
6 072
5 854
218
MACHINERY AND
TRANSPORT EQUIPMENT 4 627
4 520
107
2
MISCELLANEOUS
MANUFACTURED ARTI-
CLES (MAINLY
WATCHES AND CLOCKS
ARTICLES OF APPAREL) 3 351
3 120
231
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FOOD AND LIVE ANIMALS
CHIEFLY FOR FOOD
2 378
2 058
320
+ 16
MINERAL FUELS,
LUBRICANTS AND
RELATED MATERIALS
1 986
1 499
487
+ 32
CHEMICALS AND
RELATED PRODUCTS
1 379
1 387
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SUBSTANTIAL GROWTH WAS RECORDED IN RE-EXPORTS TO USA (BY $166 MILLION OR 25 PER CENT), CHINA (BY $108 MILLION OR EIGHT PER CENT), SINGAPORE ( BY $105 MILLION OR 22 PER CENT), INDONESIA (BY $67 MILLION OR 11 PER CENT), REPUBLIC OF KOREA (BY $65 MILLION OR 35 PER CENT), PHILIPPINES (BY $63 MILLION OR 39 PER CENT), MACAU (BY $52 MILLION OR 29 PER CENT) AND JAPAN (BY $46 MILLION OR 11 PER CENT).
ON THE OTHER HAND, DECLINES WERE REGISTERED IN RE-EXPORTS TO FRANCE (BY $41 MILLION OR 52 PER CENT) AND UK (BY $163 MILLION OR 66 PER CENT).
/MOST COMMODITIES