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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1979

MARKED INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN EXPORTS OF WATCHES AND CLOCKS (BY $1 142 MILLION OR 65%), RADIO BROADCAST RECEIVERS (BY $314 MILLION OR 29%), MISCELLANEOUS ELECTRICAL AND NON- ELECTRICAL HOUSEHOLD TYPE EQUIPMENT (BY $294 MILLION OR 53%), OFFICE MACHINES AND AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT (BY $237 MILLION OR 30%), TRAVEL GOODS, HANDBAGS AND SIMILAR CONTAINERS (BY $227 MILLION OR 35%), AND TRANSISTORS AND DIODES (BY $128 MILLION OR 42%).

HOWEVER, DECLINES WERE REGISTERED IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS OF PROFESSIONAL, SCIENTIFIC AND CONTROLLING INSTRUMENTS AND APPARATUS (BỶ $25 MILLION OR 27%).

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

JAN-SEPT 79

(HK$ MN)

JAN-SEPT 78

(HK$ MN)

INCREASE (HK$ MN)

PERCENTAGE CHANGE

JAPAN

13 873

10 117

+ 3 756

+ 37

CHINA

10 345

7 312

+ 3 033

41

US A

7 482

5 460

+ 2 022

+ 37

TA IWAN

4 218

2 919

+ 1 299

+ 45

SINGAPORE

3 467

2 317

+ 1 150

+ 50

UK

3 192

2 002

+ 1 190

+ 59

FR OF GERMANY

2 019

1 457

562

+ 39

SWITZERLAND

1 845

1 388

457

+ 33

REPUBLIC OF KOREA

AUSTRALIA

1 807

1 251

556

+44

1 133

917

216

+ 24

INCREASES IN IMPORTS FROM JAPAN WERE MAINLY ATTRIBUTED TO THE RISE IN DEMAND FOR ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES (BY $525 MILLION OR 61%), TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $447 MILLION OR 60%), WATCHES AND CLOCKS (BY $362 MILLION OR 41%), TEXTILES (BY $356 MILLION OR 21%), İRON AND STEEL (BY $219 MILLION OR 34%), AND ROAD VEHICLES (BY $217 MILLION OR 35%).

THE INCREASE IN IMPORTS OF PETROLEUM AND RELATED PRODUCTS (BY $511 MILLION OR 97%) FROM CHINA WAS REMARKABLE. INCREASES IN OTHER MAJOR CHINESE IMPORTS WERE TEXTILES (BY $641 MILLION OR 45%), CLOTHING (BY $260 MILLION OR 64%), AND VEGETABLES AND FRUITS (BY $125 MILLION OR 24%).

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