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MANUFACTURED GOODS

JAN.–SEPT.77 (HK$ MN)

THOMSDAI, NOVEMBER 23, 1978

8

JAN.-SEPT.78 INCREASE

PERCENTAGE

(HK$ MN) (HK$ MN) CHANGE

CLASSIFIED CHIEFLY

BY MATERIAL (MAINLY

TEXTILE PRODUCTS AND

DIAMONDS)

10,533

14,216

+3,684

+35%

MACHINERY AND TRANSPORT

EQUIPMENT

6,867

8,606

+1,739

+25%

FOOD AND LIVE ANIMAL

CHIEFLY FOR FOOD

5,288

5,897

609

+12%

MISCELLANEOUS

MANUFACTURED ARTICLES

(MAINLY WATCHES AND

CLOCKS, ARTICLES

OF APPAREL)

4,383

5,983

+1,600

+37%

CHEMICALS AND

RELATED PRODUCTS

2,666

3,287

620 +23%

RAPID INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN THE IMPORTS OF RAW MATERIALS AND CONSUMER GOODS, INCLUDING PEARLS, SEMI-PRECIOUS AND PRECIOUS STONES (32,913 MILLION, +71 PER CENT), WATCHES AND CLOCKS ($2,108 MILLION, +38 PER CENT), IRON AND STEEL ($1,428 MILLION, +41 PÉR CENT).

IMPORTS OF ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES ($2,688 MILLION, +23 PER CENT), ROAD VEHICLES ($1,005 MILLION, +44 PER CENT), OFFICE MACHINES AND AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT ($870 MILLION, +47 PER CENT) ALSO ROSE SIGNIFICANTLY.

HOWEVER, A SLIGHT DROP OCCURRED IN IMPORTS OF COFFEE, TEA, COCOA AND SPICES ($158 MILLION, -33 PER CENT).

AS REGARDS RE-EXPORTS, THERE WERE INCREASED DEMANDS FROM JAPAN ($1,644 MILLION, 464 PER CENT), SINGAPORE ($999 MILLION, +31 PER CENT), INDONESIA ($930 MILLION, +31 PER CENT), U.S.A. ($881 MILLION, +41 PER CENT) AND TAIWAN ($848 MILLION, +37 PER CENT).

THE GOODS RE-EXPORTED WERE MAINLY PEARLS, PRECIOUS AND SEMI-PRECIOUS STONES ($1,281 MILLION, +52 PER CENT), WATCHES AND CLOCKS ($642 MILLION, +22 PER CENT), TEXTILE FABRICS ($543 MILLION, +52 PER CENT), ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES ($462 MILLION, +26 PER CENT) AND ROAD VEHICLES ($206 MILLION, +79 PER CENT).

THE TRADE INDEX NUMBERS FOR AUGUST, 1978 (1973-100) WERE RELEASED AS FOLLOWS:

DOMESTIC EXPORTS

IMPORTS

VALUE UNIT VALUE

QUANTUM

INDEX

INDEX

INDEX

247

140

176

217

144

151

THE TERMS OF TRADE INDEX FOR AUGUST WAS 97.