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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1978

BY COMMODITY, PROMINENT ADVANCES WERE RECORDED IN EXPORTS OF ARTICLES OF APPAREL AND CLOTHING ACCESSORIES ($9,831 MILLION, +9 PER CENT), WATCHES AND CLOCKS ($1,493 MILLION, +59 PER CENT), HOUSEHOLD-TYPE ELECTRICAL AND NON-ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT ($473 MILLION, +32 PER CENT), TRAVEL GOODS, HANDBAGS AND SIMILAR CONTAINERS ($571 MILLION, +21 PER CENT). DEMAND FOR RADIO BROADCAST RECEIVERS ($963 MILLION, -31 PER CENT) DROPPED SIGNIFICANTLY,

EXPORTS OF TEXTILE YARN ($224 MILLION, -18 PER CENT) AND TEXTILE MADE-UP ARTICLES ($200 MILLION, -11 PER CENT) ALSO SHOWED A DECLINE.

THE CHANGES IN IMPORTS FROM 10 MAJOR SOURCES ARE SUMMARISED AS FOLLOWS:

JAN.-AUG. 77 (HK$ MN)

JAN.-AUG. 78 (HK$ MN)

INCREASE/ DECREASE

(HK$ MN)

PERCENTAGE CHANGE

JAPAN

7,353

8,843

+1,489

+ 20%

CHINA

5,025

6,282

+1,257

+ 25%

U.S.A.

3,976

4,850

+ 873

+ 22%

TAIWAN

2,154

2,544

390

+ 18%

SINGAPORE

1,921

2,030

110

+ 6%

UNITED KINGDOM

1,395

1,753

358

+ 26%

F.R. OF GERMANY

943

1,275

+

332

+ 35%

SWITZERLAND AND

LIECHENSTE IN

815

1,190

375

+ 46%

REPUBLIC OF KOREA

1,067

1,113

46

49%

AUSTRALIA

626

821

195

+ 31%

IMPORTS FROM JAPAN INCREASED BY 20 PER CENT, DUE MAINLY TO A RISE IN TEXTILE FABRICS ($1,199 MILLION, +20 PER CENT) ELECTRICAL MACHINERY AND APPLIANCES ($742 MILLION, +31 PER CENT), ROAD VEHICLES ($542 MILLION, +62 PER CENT) AS WELL AS WATCHES AND CLOCKS ($767 MILLION, +31 PER CENT).

IMPORTS FROM CHINA ROSE BY 25 PER CENT BECAUSE OF INCREASED ARRIVALS OF TEXTILE FABRICS ($658 MILLION, +78 PER CENT), PETROLEUM AND RELATED PRODUCTS ($452 MILLION, +79 PER CENT), ARTICLES OF APPAREL AND CLOTHING ACCESSORIES ($331 MILION, +29 PER CENT).

/IN ADDITION. . . . .