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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1979

A MORE DETAILED BREAKDOWN REVEALED THAT SIGNIFICANT INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS OF WATCHES AND CLOCKS

($2 051 MILLION, +66%), PLASTIC TOYS AND DOLLS ($1 828 MILLION, +41%), TEXTILE FABRICS ($1 619 MILLION, +49%) AS WELL AS HOUSEHOLD TYPE, ELECTRICAL AND NON-ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT ($586 MILLION, ́+48%).

THE CHANGES IN IMPORTS FROM 10 MAJOR SOURCES ARE SUMMARISED AS FOLLOWS 1

JAN,-JULY 79 (HK$ MN)

JAN.-JULY 78 (HK$ MN)

INCREASE (HK$ MN)

PERCENTAGE CHANGE

JAPAN

10 536

7 646

+2 890

+38

CHINA

7 665

5 370

+2 295

+43

U.S.A.

5 682

4 173

+1 509

+36

TAIWAN

3 198

2 175

+1 023

+47

SINGAPORE

2 509

1 760

749

+43

U.K.

2 332

1 507

825

+55

F.R. OF GERMANY

1 514

1 102

412

+37

SWITZERLAND

1 448

1 052

396

+38

REP. OF KOREA

(SOUTH KOREA)

1 369

955

414

+43

AUSTRALIA

887

677

210

+31

TEXTILES ($1 610 MILLION, +20%) REMAINED THE PRINCIPAL PRODUCT SUPPLIED BY JAPAN EVEN THOUGH A DECLINE WAS REGISTERED IN IMPORTS OF TEXTILE YARN ($242 MILLION, -17%).

OTHER MAJOR PRODUCTS FROM JAPAN WERE ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES ($1 043 MILLION, +65%), WATCHES AND CLOCKS ($952 MILLION, +45%), TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT ($912 MILLION, +70%) AND ROAD VEHICLES ($633 MILLION, +34%).

INCREASES IN IMPORTS FROM CHINA WERE MAINLY REGISTERED IN TEXTILES ($1 598 MILLION, +61%), PETROLEUM AND RELATED PRODUCTS ($721 MILLION, +88%), CLOTHING ($457 MILLION, +65%), AND FISH, CRUSTACEANS AND MOLLUSCS, AND PREPARATIONS THEREOF ($293 MILLION, +43%).

IMPORTS FROM THE U.S. ALSO SHOWED STEADY INCREASES IN PEARLS, PRECIOUS AND SEMI-PRECIOUS STONES ($497 MILLION, +30%), OFFICE MACHINES AND AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT ($476 MILLION, +39%), ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES ($465 MILLION, +37%), AND VEGETABLES AND FRUITS ($350 MILLION, +25%).

/INCREASES WERE...............