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TUESDAY, JANUARY 16, 1979

5

MISCELLANEOUS

5,213

5,977

764

+ 15

MANUFACTURED ARTICLES

(MAINLY PLASTIC TOYS

AND DOLLS)

PHOTOGRAPHIC APPARATUS,

1,911

2,923

+ 1,011

+ 53

OPTICAL GOODS, WATCHES

AND CLOCKS

TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND

2,526

2,542

17 + 1

SOUND RECORDING AND

REPRODUCING APPARATUS

AND EQUIPMENT

TEXTILE YARN, FABRICS,

2,408

2,519

111

v

5

MADE-UP ARTICLES AND

RELATED PRODUCTS

ELECTRICAL MACHINERY

1,578

1,901

323

+ 20

APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES

(MAINLY TRANSISTORS AND

DIODES AND HOUSEHOLD

TYPE APPLIANCES)

BY COMMODITY, INCREASES WERE FOUND IN ARTICLES OF APPAREL AND CLOTHING ACCESSORIES ($13,980 MILLION, 13 PER CENT), WATCHES AND CLOCKS ($2,445 MILLION, +61 PER CENT), PLASTIC TOYS AND DOLLS ($2,345 MILLION, + 5 PER CENT), TEXTILE FABRICS ($1,914 MILLION, + 12 PER CENT), TRAVEL GOODS AND HANDBAGS ($820 MILLION, +28 PER CENT) AND ELECTRICAL HOUSEHOLD APPLIANCES ($703 MILLION, +30 PER CENT).

HOWEVER, DECLINES WERE RECORDED IN SHIPMENTS OF RADIO RECEIVERS ($1,378 MILLION, - 29 PER CENT) AS WELL AS ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS AND PARTS FOR COMPUTER ($587 MILLION, - 4 PER CENT).

THE CHANGES IN IMPORTS FROM 10 MAJOR SOURCES ARE

JAN.-NOV.77

(HK$ MN.)

JAN.-NOV.78 (HK$ MN.)

INCREASE (HK$ MN.)

PERCENTAGE CHANGE

JAPAN

10,234

12,789

+ 2,555

+ 25

CHINA U.S.A.

TA IWAN

7.222

9,431

+ 2,209

+ 31

5,543

6,819

+ 1,275

+23

2,939

3,759

820

+ 28

SINGAPORE

2,668

2,898

230

9

UNITED KINGDOM

1,964

2,674

710

+36

F.R. OF GERMANY

1,309

1,857

548

+ 42

SWITZERLAND AND

LIECHTENSTE IN

1,147

1,851

REPUBLIC OF KOREA

1,503

1,587

AUSTRAL JA

883

1,121

+++

704

+61

84

6

238

+ 27

+

IMPORTS FROM JAPAN ROSE BY 25 PER CENT, DUE MAINLY TO INCREASED SHIPMENTS OF TEXTILE FABRICS ($1,702 MILLION, 21 PER CENT), WATCHES AND CLOCKS ($1,150 MILLIÓN, +33 PER CENT), ELECTRICAL MACHINERY AND APPLIANCES ($1,114 MILLION, +43 PER CENT) AND ROAD VEHICLES ($799 MILLION, +68 PER CENT).

/INCREASES