XN000022-1979-04-17 — Page 5

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TUESDAY, APRIL 17, “འ

PHOTOGRAPHIC

APPARATUS, OPTICAL

GOODS, WATCHES AND

CLOCKS

285

189

96

+ 51

TEXTILE YARN, FABRICS,

MADE-UP ARTICLES

AND RELATED PRODUCTS

269

200

69

+ 34

TELECOMMUNICATIONS

AND SOUND RECORDING

AND REPRODUCING

APPARATUS

249

205

44

→ 21

ELECTRICAL MACHINERY,

APPARATUS AND

APPLIANCES (MAINLY

TRANSISTORS AND

DIODES AND HOUSEHOLD

TYPE APPLIANCES)

207

153

+ 54

+ 35

THE INCREASE IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS OF ARTICLES OF APPAREL AND CLOTHING ACCESSORIES WAS STILL THE HIGHEST IN VALUE TERMS ($1,459 MILLION, 51 PER CENT).

ITEMS WITH SIGNIFICANT INCREASES INCLUDED TEXTILES ($269 MILLION ✦ 34 PER CENT), WATCHES AND CLOCKS ($233 MILLION, 54 PER CENT), PLASTIC TOYS AND DOLLS ($225 MILLION, + 48 PER CENT) ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES ($207 MILLIÓN, PER CENT) AND TRAVEL GOODS, HANDBAGS AND SIMILAR CONTAINERS ($95 MILLION, + 60 PER CENT).

+ 35

BUT DECREASES WERE RECORDED FOR ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS AND PARTS FOR COMPUTERS ($64 MILLION, FIVE PER CENT), CRUDE ANIMALS AND VEGETABLE MATERIALS ($7 MILLION, - 42 PER CENT) AND PROFESSIONAL, SCIENTIFIC AND CONTROLLING INSTRUMENTS AND APPARATUS ($7 MILLION,

42 PER CENT).

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

JANUARY 79 (HK$ MN)

JANUARY 78 (HK$ MN)

INCREASE (HK$ MN)

PERCENTAGE CHANGE

JAPAN

1,008

814

+ 194

+ 24

CHINA

977

821

+ 156

• 19

U.S.A.

636

471

+ 165

+ 35

TAIWAN

424

280

+ 144

+ 51

SINGAPORE

320

251

+

69

+ 27

U.K.

266

193

73

+ 39

.R. OF GERMANY