THURSDAY, JUNE 17, 106:
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THE CHANGES IN IMPORTS FROM THE TEN MAJOR SOURCES ARE SUMMARISED AS FOLLOWS:-
INCREASE/
JAN.-APR.1982
(HK$MN)
JAN.-APR.1981
(HK$MN)
DECREASE PERCENTAGE
(HK$MN)
CHANGE
CHINA
10 179
8 320
+1 859
+22
JAPAN
9 824
10 232
408
4
U.S.A.
4 820
4 537
283
+6
SINGAPORE
3 523
3 007
+
516
+17
TAIWAN
3 444
3 408
36
+1
U.K.
2 252
1 878
374
+20
REPUBLIC OF KOREA
(SOUTH KOREA)
1 598
1 795
197
-11
F.R. OF GERMANY
1 099
1 075
18
+ 2
SWITZERLAND
875
970
95
-10
AUSTRALIA
733
556
177
+32
LOCAL DEMAND FOR IMPORTED GOODS FROM CHINA REMAINED STRONG, INCREASES WERE RECORDED MAINLY IN TEXTILES (BY $366 MILLION OR 23 PER CENT), CLOTHING (BY $349 MILLION OR 40 PER CENT), IRON AND STEEL (BY $157 MILLION OR 142 PER CENT), AS WELL AS MEAT AND MEAT PREPARATIONS (BY $151 MILLION OR 59 PER CENT).
AS FOR IMPORTS FROM JAPAN, INCREASES WERE NOTED FOR TEXTILE FABRICS (BY $173 MILLION OR 18 PER CENT) AS WELL AS GENERAL INDUSTRIAL MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT, AND MACHINE PARTS (BY $108 MILLION OR 27 PER CENT). DECREASES WERE REGISTERED FOR TEXTILE YARN (BY $145 MILLION OR 38 PER CENT), WATCHES AND CLOCKS (BY $172 MILLION OR 16 PER CENT), TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $226 MILLION OR 22 PER CENT) AS WELL AS ROAD VEHICLES (BY $229 MILLION OR 19 PER CENT).
INCREASES IN IMPORTS FROM THE U.S. WERE LARGELY OF ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES (BY $147 MILLION OR 39 PER CENT), AS WELL AS GENERAL INDUSTRIAL MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT (BY $63 MILLION OR 37 PER CENT). ON THE OTHER HAND, DECREASES WERE REGISTERED IN IMPORTS OF OFFICE MACHINES AND AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT (BY $90 MILLION OR 18 PER CENT) AND ARTIFICIAL RESINS AND PLASTIC MATERIALS (BY $105 MILLION OR 33 PER CENT).
CONSIDERABLE INCREASES WERE REGISTERED IN IMPORTS OF PETROLEUM AND RELATED PRODUCTS FROM SINGAPORE (BY $383 MILLION OR 18 PER CENT), AND OF ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES FROM TAIWAN (BY $136 MILLION OR 38 PER CENT). OF TEXTILES FROM TAIWAN DECLINED (BY $93 MILLION OR 7 PER CENT).
IMPORTS
/THE FOLIOON