XN000022-1978-12-11 — Page 7

MONDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1978

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THE LARGE AMOUNT OF DELIVERIES OF TEXTILE YARN, FABRICS AND MADE-UP ARTICLES ($1,330 MILLION, +14 PER CENT) ACCOUNTED FOR THE 25 PER CENT GROWTH IN IMPORTS FROM TAIWAN, WHILE INCREASED ARRIVALS OF ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES ($218 MILLION, +27 PER CENT), WATCHES AND CLOCKS ($132 MILLION, +72 PER CENT) TOGETHER WITH PEARLS, PRECIOUS AND SEMI-PRECIOUS STONES ($76 MILLION, +27 PER CENT) ACCOUNTED FOR AN 8 PER CENT INCREASE IN ARRIVALS FROM SINGAPORE.

THE FOLLOWING TABLE ILLUSTRATES THE CHANGES IN IMPORTS BY COMMODITY SECTIONS:

JAN.-OCT. 77

(HK$ MN.)

JAN.-OCT.78 INCREASE PERCENTAGE

(HK$ MN.) (HK$ MN.) CHANGE

MANUFACTURED GOODS

CLASSIFIED CHIEFLY

BY MATERIAL

(MAINLY TEXTILE

11,795

16,114

+4,319

+37

PRODUCTS AND

DIAMONDS)

MACHINERY AND

7,740

9,654

+1,914

+25

TRANSPORT

EQUIPMENT

MISCELLANEOUS

MANUFACTURED ARTICLES

(MAINLY WATCHES

5,010

6,818

+1,808

+36

AND CLOCKS

ARTICLES

OF APPAREL

FOOD AND LIVE

5,908

6,594

686

+12

ANIMALS CHIEFLY

FOR FOOD

CHEMICALS AND

2,967

3,720

753

+25

RELATED PRODUCTS

DELIVERIES OF NON-METALLIC MINERAL MANUFACTURES ROSE IN VALUE BY 64 PER CENT, MAINLY DUE TO LARGER SHIPMENTS OF PEARLS, PRECIOUS AND SEMI-PRECIOUS STONES ($3,330 MILLION, +73 PER CENT). INCREASES WERE ALSO RECORDED IN IMPORTS OF FABRICS ($4,294 MILLION, +34 PER CENT), ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES ($3,020 MILLION, +24 PER CENT), WATCHES AND CLOCKS ($2,394 MILLION, +37 PER CENT), IRON AND STEEL ($1,617 MILLION, +45 PER CENT), ROAD VEHICLES ($1,131 MILLION, +44 PER CENT) AS WELL AS FOOD ITEMS SUCH AS VEGETABLES AND FRUITS ($1,627 MILLION +22 PER CENT). HOWEVER, A DECLINE WAS RECORDED IN ARRIVALS OF TRANSPORT EQUIPMENT ($247 MILLION, -37 PER CENT) AND COFFEE, TEA, COCOA AND SPICES ($190 MILLION, -26 PER CENT).

RE-EXPORTS CONTINUED ON AN UPWARD TREND.

THERE WERE INCREASES IN DEMAND FROM JAPAN ($1,885 MILLION, +69 PER CENT), SINGAPORE ($1,114 MILLION, +30 PER CENT), INDONESIA ($1,054 MILLION, +26 PER CENT), U.S.A. ($999 MILLION, +42 PER CENT) AND TAIWAN ($961 MILLION, +38 PER CENT).

THE MOST.....