FRIDAY, MAY 21, 1982
LOCAL DEMAND FOR IMPORTED GOODS FROM CHINA REMAINED STRONG. INCREASES WERE RECORDED MAINLY IN TEXTILES (BY $285 MILLION OR 24 PER CENT), CLOTHING (BY $214 MILLION OR 34 PER CENT), MEAT AND MEAT PREPARATIONS (BY $107 MILLION OR 52 PER CENT), AS WELL AS IRON AND STEEL (BY $104 MILLION OR 133 PER CENT).
AS FOR IMPORTS FROM JAPAN, INCREASES WERE NOTED FOR TEXTILE FABRICS (BY $119 MILLION OR 18 PER CENT) AS WELL AS GENERAL INDUSTRIAL MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT, AND MACHINE PARTS (BY $65 MILLION OR 22 PER CENT). DECREASES WERE REGISTERED FOR TEXTILE YARN (BY $114 MILLION OR 41 PER CENT), ROAD VEHICLES (BY $151 MILLION OR 17 PER CENT) AS WELL AS TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $193 MILLION OR 26 PER CENT).
INCREASES IN IMPORTS FROM THE U.S. WERE LARGELY OF ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES (BY $89 MILLION OR 32 PER CENT), AS WELL AS TOBACCO AND TOBACCO MANUFACTURES (BY $53 MILLION OR PER CENT) ON THE OTHER HAND, DECREASES WERE REGISTERED IN THE IMPORTS OF OFFICE MACHINES AND AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT (BY $60 MILLION OR 16 PER CENT) AND ARTIFICIAL RESINS AND PLASTIC MATERIALS (BY $107 MILLION OR 42 PER CENT).
CONSIDERABLE INCREASES WERE REGISTERED IN IMPORTS OF PETROLEUM AND RELATED PRODUCTS FROM SINGAPORE (BY $138 MILLION OR 8 PER CENT), AND OF ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES FROM TAIWAN (BY $103 MILLION OR 40 PER CENT). IMPORTS OF TEXTILES FROM TAIWAN DECLINED (BY $79 MILLION OR 7 PER CENT).
THE FOLLOWING TABLE ILLUSTRATES THE MORE IMPORTANT CHANGES IN IMPORTS BY COMMODITY SECTION #
JAN.-MAR. 1982 (HK$ MN)
JAN.-MAR. 1981 (HK$ MN)
INCREASE/ DECREASE (HK$ MN)
PERCENTAGE CHANGE
MANUFACTURED
9 768
9 204
+564
+6
GOODS
CLASS IF IED
CHIEFLY BY
MATERIAL
(MAINLY
TEXTILE PRODUCTS, DIAMONDS,
IRON AND
STEEL. AND
PAPER)
MACHINERY
7 481
7 099
+382
+ 5
AND TRANSPORT
EQUIPMENT
/MISCELLANEOUS
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