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ELECTRICAL MACHINERY,

APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES (MAINLY TRANSISTORS AND DIODES AND

3

HOUSEHOLD TYPE

APPLIANCES)

1 969

1

1 306

MONDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1979

663

→ 51

OVERSEAS DEMAND REMAINED BUOYANT FOR WATCHES AND CLOCKS ($2 471 MILLION, 66 PER CENT), PLASTIC TOYS AND DOLLS ($2 276 MILLION, + 41 PER CENT), TEXTILE FABRICS ($1 904 MILLION, + 50 PER CENT), RADIO BROADCAST RECEIVERS ($1 202 MILLION, + 25 PER CENT) OFFICE MACHINES AND AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT ($896 MILLION, + 30 PER CENT), AND TRAVEL GOODS, HANDBAGS AND SIMILAR CONTAINERS ($766 MILLION, + 34 PER CENT).

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

JAN AUG 79 JAN AUG 78

(HK$ MN)

(HK$ MN)

INCREASE (HK$ MN)

PERCENTAGE CHANGE

JAPAN

12 166

8 843

+ 3 323

+ 38

CHINA

8 983

6 282

+ 2 701

+ 43

US A

6 627

4 850

+ 1 777

+37

TAIWAN

3 693

2 544

+ 1 149

+45

SINGAPORE

2 967

2 030

937

+ 46

UK

2 802

1 753

+ 1 049

+ 60

FR OF GERMANY

1 769

1 275

494

+ 39

SWITZERLAND

1 616

1 190

426

+ 36

REPUBLIC OF KOREA

1 574

1 113

461

+ 41

(SOUTH KOREA)

AUSTRALIA

1 009

821

188

+ 23

IMPORTS OF TEXTILE YARN ($273 MILLION,

-

14 PER CENT) FROM

JAPAN CONTINUED TO DECREASE BUT THIS WAS MORE THAN OFFSET BY INCREASES IN OTHER TEXTILE PRODUCTS, RESULTING IN A RISE OF 20 PER CENT FOR TEXTILES ($1 829 MILLION) FROM JAPAN.

OTHER MAJOR IMPORTS FROM JAPAN WERE ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES ($1 212 MILLION, +63 PER CENT), WATCHES AND CLOCKS ($1 092 MILLION, 42 PER CENT), TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT ($1 050 MILLION, + 68 PER CENT), IRON AND STEEL ($748 MILLION, 32 PER CENT) AS WELL AS ROAD VEHICLES ($722 MILLION,+ 33 PER CENT).

/IMPORTS FROM