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MONDAY, JULY 16, 1979

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SIGNIFICANT INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS OF CLOTHING ($ 6,909 MILLION, 29 PER CENT), TEXTILES ($ 1,461 MILLION, +43 PER CENT), WATCHES AND CLOCKS ($ 1,332 MILLION, ✦ 59 PER CENT), PLASTIC TOYS AND DOLLS ($ 1,131 MILLION, + 40 PER CENT), ELECTRICAL MACHINERY AND APPLIANCES ($ 1,091 MILLION, + 43 PER CENT) AND RADIO BROADCAST RECEIVERS ($ 626 MILLION, + 12 PER CENT). HOWEVER, THE DEMAND FOR ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS AND PARTS FOR COMPUTERS ́($ 291 MILLION, 1 PER CENT) DECLINED SLIGHTLY.

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

JAN-MAY 79

HK$ MN)

JAN-MAY 78 (HK$ MN)

INCREASE (HK$ MN)

PERCENTAGE CHANGE

JAPAN

7,209

5,248

+ 1,961

+ 37

CHINA

5,222

3,742

+ 1,480

+ 40

U.S.A.

3,726

2,964

762

+ 26

TAIWAN

2,192

1,500

692

+ 46

SINGAPORE

1,629

1,212

417

+ 34

U.K.

1,602

1,004

598

+ 60

F.R. OF GERMANY

1,057

758

299

+ 39

SWITZERLAND

977

710

267

+ 38

SOUTH KOREA

939

692

247

+ 36

AUSTRALIA

601

443

158

+ 36

IMPORTS FROM JAPAN INCREASED BY 37 PER CENT, MAINLY OF TEXTILES ($ 1,136 MILLION, 19 PER CENT), ELECTRICAL MACHINERY AND APPLIANCES ($ 718 MILLION, + 73 PER CENT), WATCHES AND CLOCKS ($ 642 MILLION, + 55 PER CENT), AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING EQUIPMENT ($ 612 MILLION, + 68 PER CENT).

INCREASES IN IMPORTS FROM CHINA WERE RECORDED CHIEFLY IN TEXTILES ($ 1,098 MILLION, +64 PER CENT), PETROLEUM AND RELATED MATERIALS ($ 488 MILLION, + 86 PER CENT), CLOTHING ($ 287 MILLION, + 47 PER CENT) AND VEGETABLES AND FRUITS ($ 283 MILLION, + 16 PER CENT).

THERE WERE ALSO SIGNIFICANT INCREASES IN SHIPMENTS OF PEARLS, PRECIOUS AND SEMI-PRECIOUS STONES ($ 374 MILLION, 45 PER CENT) FROM THE U.S., TEXTILES ($ 916 MILLION, + 48 PER CENT) FROM TAIWAN AND PETROLEUM AND RELATED MATERIALS ($ 874 MILLION, → 25 PER CENT) FROM SINGAPORE.

THE FOLLOWING