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THE CHANGES IN IMPORTS FROM 10 MAJOR SOURCES ARE SUMMARISED

AS FOLLOWS:-

JAN.-FEB.

1977

JAN.-FEB.

1978

INCREASE/

DECREASE

PERCENTAGE

(HK$ MN)

(HKQ MN)

(HK$ MN)

CHANGE

JAPAN

1,514

1,766

+252

+16.6;

CHINA

1,198

1,391

+194

+16.2;.

U.S.A.

930

946

+ 17

+ 1.8%

TAIWAN

501

506

טי

5

+ 1.0%

SINGAPORE

404

456

+ 52

+12.9%

UNITED KINGDOM

339

384

+ 45

+13.4%

SOUTH KOREA

226

287

+ 60

+26.7%

F.R. OF GERMANY

227

275

+ 48

+21.3%

SWITZERLAND AND

LIECHENSTEIN

199

248

+ 48

+24.2%

AUSTRALIA

137

141

+ 4

+ 2.79

IMPORTS FROM CHINA WERE 16.2 PER CENT HIGHER THAN JANUARY FEBRUARY 1977, PARTLY REFLECTING MORE IMPORTS OF TEXTILE FABRICS (128 MILLION, +33.6 PER CENT), LIVE ANIMALS ($178 MILLION, +16.1 PER CENT), VEGETABLES AND FRUIT ($115 MILLION, +22.4 PER CENT) AND PETROLEUM AND PETROLEUM PRODUCT ($104 MILLION, +108.9 PER CENT).

ON THE OTHER HAND, INCREASED ARRIVALS OF TEXTILE YARN, FABRICS, MADE-UP ARTICLES AND RELATED PRODUCTS ($315 MILLIÓN, +31.2 PER CENT), WATCHES AND CLOCKS (0154 MILLION, +48.3 PER CENT) AND ROAD VEHICLES (132 MILLION, +73.8 PER CENT) ACCOUNTED MAINLY FOR A 16.6 PER CENT INCREASE IN IMPORTS FROM JAPAN.

THE FOLLOWING TABLE ILLUSTRATES THE IMPORTANT CHANGES IN IMPORTS BY COMMODITY SECTORS:-

MANUFACTURED GOODS

CLASS IF IED CHIEFLY

BY MATERIAL

MAINLY TEXTILE

PRODUCTS AND

DIAMONDS)

JAN.-FEB.

1977 (HK$ MN)

JAN.-FEB.

1978 (HK$ MN)

INCREASE/ DECREASE

(HK$ MN)

PERCENTAGE CHANGE

2,057

2,477

+421

+20.5%

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