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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1984
DEMAND FOR IMPORTED GOODS FROM CHINA REMAINED STRONG. INCREASES WERE RECORDED MAINLY IN TEXTILES (BY $3 687 MILLION OR 90 PER CENT), CLOTHING (BY $1 835 MILLION OR 57 PER CENT), TEXTILE FIBRES (OTHER THAN WOOL TOPS) AND THEIR WASTES (BY $824 MILLION OR 217 PER CENT), TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $420 MILLION OR 138 PER CENT) AND LIVE ANIMALS CHIEFLY FOR FOOD (BY $168 MILLION OR 14 PER CENT).
AS FOR IMPORTS FROM JAPAN, INCREASES WERE REGISTERED FOR ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES, AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF (BY $1 597 MILLION OR 57 PER CENT), AND TEXTILES (BY $1 197 MILLION OR 38 PER CENT). HOWEVER, DECREASES WERE REGISTERED FOR FISH, CRUSTACEANS AND MOLLUSCS, AND PREPARATIONS THEREOF (BY $17 MILLION OR SEVEN PER CENT), AND BABY CARRIAGES TOYS, GAMES AND SPORTING GOODS (BY $15 MILLION OR SIX PER CENT).
INCREASES IN IMPORTS FROM THE U.S.A. WERE MOSTLY OF ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES, AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF (BY $973 MILLION OR 59 PER CENT), OFFICE MACHINES AND AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT (BY $570 MILLION OR 59 PER CENT), AND TEXTILE FIBRES (OTHER THAN WOOL TOPS) AND THEIR WASTES (BY $367 MILLION OR 239 PER CENT). ON THE OTHER HAND, DECREASES WERE REGISTERED IN IMPORTS OF PETROLEUM, PETROLEUM PRODUCTS AND RELATED MATERIALS (BY $257 MILLION OR 49 PER CENT), AND MANUFACTURES OF METAL (BY $87 MILLION OR 25 PER CENT).
DECREASES WERE REGISTERED IN IMPORTS FROM TAIWAN OF OFFICE AND STATIONERY SUPPLIES (BY $19 MILLION OR 33 PER CENT) AND IN IMPORTS FROM SINGAPORE OF WATCHES AND CLOCKS (BY $126 MILLION OR 39 PER CENT). HOWEVER, IMPORTS OF TEXTILES FROM TAIWAN INCREASED (BY $1 125 MILLION OR 53 PER CENT), AS DID IMPORTS OF PETROLEUM, PETROLEUM PRODUCTS AND RELATED MATERIALS FROM SINGAPORE (BY $825 MILLION OR 30 PER CENT),
INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN RE-EXPORTS TO CHINA (BY $7 134 MILLION OR 133 PER CENT), U.S.A. (BY $2 614 MILLION OR 64 PER CENT), TAIWAN (BY $1 097 MILLION OR 63 PER CENT), JAPAN (BY $1 007 MILLION OR 65 PER CENT), THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA (SOUTH KOREA) (BY $706 MILLION OR 53 PER CENT), AUSTRALIA (BY $368 MILLION OR 86 PER CENT), MACAU (BY $335 MILLION OR 32 PER CENT) AND SINGAPORE (BY $325 MILLION OR 14 PER CENT). ON THE OTHER HAND, DECLINES WERE REGISTERED IN RE-EXPORTS TO NIGERIA (BY $262 MILLION OR 72 PER CENT) AND PHILIPPINES (BY $104 MILLION OR 12 PER CENT).
MOST COMMODITIES RE-EXPORTED THROUGH HONG KONG EXHIBITED STRONG GROWTH, THE MORE SIGNIFICANT ONES BEING TEXTILES (BY $2 900 MILLION OR 73 PER CENT), ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES, AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF (BY $2 204 MILLION OR 93 PER CENT), CLOTHING (BY $1 212 MILLION OR 50 PER CENT) AND MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURED ARTICLES (BY $1 013 MILLION OR 66 PER CENT). DECREASES WERE REGISTERED IN RE-EXPORTS OF OIL SEEDS AND OLEAGINOUS FRUIT (BY $92 MILLION OR 42 PER CENT), TRANSPORT EQUIPMENT OTHER THAN ROAD AND AIR-CUSHION VEHICLES (BY $44 MILLION OR 25 PER CENT) AND METALL IFEROUS ORES AND METAL SCRAP (BY $31 MILLION OR 29 PER CENT).
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