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F.R. OF GERMANY

195

164

REP. OF KOREA (S. KOREA)

SWITZERLAND

PAKISTAN

TUESDAY, APRIL 17, 1979

7, 1979

31

+19

195

180

15

8

172

118

54

+ 45

132

51

+ 81

+157

IMPORTS FROM JAPAN ROSE BY 24 PER CENT, DUE MAINLY TO INCREASED ARRIVALS OF TEXTILES ($155 MILLION, +16 PER CENT), PHOTOGRAPHIC APPARATUS, EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES OF OPTICAL GOODS, WATCHES AND CLOCKS ($115 MILLION, + 20 PER CENT) ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES ($108 MILLION, + 77 PER CENT), AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT ($90 MILLION, 36 PER CENT).

IMPORTS OF TEXTILES ($203 MILLION) FROM CHINA INCREASED BY 62 PER CENT. OTHER MAIN ITEMS FROM CHINA INCLUDED PETROLEUM AND PETROLEUM PRODUCTS ($88 MILLION, + 61 PER CENT), MEAT AND MEAT PREPARATIONS ($63 MILLION + 20 PER CENT), AND ARTICLES OF APPAREL AND CLOTHING ACCESSORIES ($38 MILLION, THREE PER CENT).

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IMPORTS OF FOODSTUFFS SUCH AS LIVE ANIMALS CHIEFLY FOR FOOD ($97 MILLION, SIX PER CENT) AND VEGETABLES AND FRUITS ($75 MILLION, - THREE PER CENT) REGISTERED SLIGHT DECLINES.

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THE INCREASE IN IMPORTS FROM U.S.A. WAS ATTRIBUTED MAINLY TO THE SOARING DEMAND FOR TEXTILE FIBRES ($79 MILLION, +41 PER CENT), VEGETABLES AND FRUITS ($60 MILLION, 75 PER CENT), NON-METALL IC MINERAL MANUFACTURES ($50 MILLION, ́+ 60 PER CENT) AND OFFICE MACHINES AND AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT ($50 MILLION, +10 PER CENT). ON THE OTHER HAND, ARRIVALS OF TOBACCO AND TOBACCO MANUFACTURES DECREASED BY 14 PER CENT.

THERE WAS ALSO AN INCREASE IN SHIPMENTS OF TEXTILES ($187 MILLION, ✦ 66 PER CENT) AND ELECTRICAL MACHINERY APPARATUS AND APPLICANCES ($34 MILLION, 30 PER CENT) FROM TAIWAN, AND PETROLEUM AND PETROLEUM PRODUCTS ($181 MILLION, ✦ EIGHT PER CENT) AND ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES ($28 MILLION, + 47 PER CENT) FROM SINGAPORE.

THE FOLLOWING TABLE ILLUSTRATES THE MORE IMPORTANT CHANGES IN IMPORTS BY COMMODITY SECTIONS :-

JANUARY 79 (HK$ MN)

JANUARY 78 (HK$ MN)

INCREASE (HK$ MN) CHANGE

PERCENTAGE

MANUFACTURED GOODS CLASS IF IED CHIEFLY

BY MATERIAL (MAINLY

TEXTILE PRODUCTS

AND DIAMONDS)

1,671

1,234

+ 437

+ 35

MACHINERY AND

TRANSPORT EQUIPMENT

1,118

796

+ 322

+ 40