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MONDAY, JULY 16, 1979

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

MANUFACTURED GOODS

CLASSIFIED CHIEFLY

BY MATERIAL

JAN-MAY 79 (HK$ MN)

JAN-MAY 78 (HK$ MN)

INCREASE (HK$ MN)

PERCENTAGE CHANGE

(MAINLY TEXTILE

10,289

7,327

+ 2,962

+ 40

PRODUCTS AND

DIAMONDS)

MACHINERY AND

TRANSPORT EQUIPMENT

6,885

4,510

+ 2,375

+ 53

MISCELLANEOUS

MANUFACTURED ARTICLES

(MAINLY WATCHES AND

4,394

3,025

+ 1,369

+ 45

CLOCKS, ARTICLES OF

APPAREL)

FOOD AND LIVE ANIMALS

CHIEFLY FOR FOOD

3,578

3,179

399

+ 13

CHEMICALS AND RELATED

PRODUCTS

2,392

1,680

712

+ 42

CRUDE MATERIALS,

INEDIBLE, EXCEPT

1,703

1,629

74

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INCREASES WERE REGISTERED MAINLY IN IMPORTS OF TEXTILES ($ 4,584 MILLION, 44 PER CENT), ELECTRICAL MACHINERY AND APPLIANCES ($ 2,111 MILLION, + 56 PER CENT), WATCHES AND CLOCKS ($ 1,534 MILLION, + 49 PER CENT), PETROLEUM AND RELATED MATERIALS ($ 1,527 MILLION,+ 35 PER CENT), TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING EQUIPMENT ($1,182 MILLION, + 75 PER CENT) AS WELL AS IRON AND STEEL ($ 1,029 MILLION, + 49 PER CENT).

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