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MONDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1979

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IMPORTS FROM CHINA WERE MAINLY COMPOSED OF TEXTILES

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($1 824 MILLION, 53 PER CENT), PETROLEUM AND RELATED PRODUCTS

$889 MILLION, 97 PER CENT), LIVE ANIMALS CHIEFLY FOR FOOD ($774 MILLION, + 4 PER CENT), CLOTHING ($559 MILLION, + 69 PER CENT), AND VEGETABLES AND FRUITS ($548 MILLION, + 25 PER CENT).

IMPORTS OF PEARLS, PRECIOUS AND SEMI-PRECIOUS STONES ($574 MILLION, + 30 PER CENT) FROM THE US CONTINUED TO RISE. INCREASES WERE ALSO RECORDED IN ARRIVALS OF OFFICE MACHINES AND AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT ($597 MILLION, + 52 PER CENT), ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES ($555 MILLION, 38 PER CENT), VEGETABLES AND FRUITS ($420 MILLION, + 22 PER CENT), AND ARTIFICIAL RESINS AND PLASTIC MATERIALS, AND CELLULOSE ESTERS AND ETHERS ($360 MILLION, +170 PER CENT).

IMPORTS OF TEXTILES ($1 462 MILLION, + 42 PER CENT) FROM TAIWAN AND PETROLEUM AND RELATED PRODUCTS ($1 662 MILLION, + 41 PER CENT) FROM SINGAPORE ALSO WENT ON AN UPWARD TREND.

THE FOLLOWING TABLE ILLUSTRATES THE MORE IMPORTANT CHANGES IN IMPORTS BY COMMODITY SECTION 3-

MANUFACTURED GOODS

CLASSIFIED CHIEFLY

BY MATERIAL

JAN

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AUG 79 JAN (HK$ MN)

-

AUG 78 (HK$ MN)

INCREASE (HK$ MN)

PERCENTAGE CHANGE

(MAINLY TEXTILE

PRODUCTS AND

DIAMONDS)

16 782

12 313

+ 4 469

+ 36

MACHINERY AND

TRANSPORT EQUIPMENT

11 909

7 563

+ 4 346

+ 57

MISCELLANEOUS

MANUFACTURED ARTICLES

(MAINLY WATCHES AND

CLOCKS, ARTICLES OF

APPAREL)

7 589

5 168

+ 2 421

+ 47

FOOD AND LIVE ANIMALS

CHIEFLY FOR FOOD

5 978

5 178

800

+15

CHEMICALS AND

RELATED PRODUCTS

4 237

2 869

+ 1 368

+ 48

MINERAL FUELS,

LUBRICANTS AND RELATED MATERIALS

2 906

2 045

861

+42

/SIGNIFICANT INCREASES