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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1979

IMPORTS FROM USA ALSO SHOWED SIGNIFICANT INCREASES. PARTICULARLY IN ARTIFICIAL RESINS AND PLASTIC MATERIALS AND CELLULOSE ESTERS AND ETHERS (BY $276 MILLION OR 177%), OFFICE MACHINES AND AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT (BY $237 MILLION OR 54%), ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES (BY $195 MILLION OR 43%), PEARLS, PRECIOUS AND SEMI-PRECIOUS STONES (BY $106 MILLION OR 20%), AND VEGETABLES AND FRUITS (BY $84 MILLION OR 21%).

THE FOLLOWING TABLE ILLUSTRATES THE MORE IMPORTANT CHANGES IN IMPORTS BY COMMODITY SECTION 1-

JAN-SEPT 79 JAN-SEPT 78

(HK$ MN) (HK$ MN)

INCREASE (HK$ MN) CHANGE

PERCENTAGE

MANUFACTURED GOODS

CLASS IF IED CHIEFLY BY MATERIAL (MAINLY

TEXTILE PRODUCTS AND DIAMONDS)

19 089

14 216

+ 4 873

+34

MACHINERY AND

TRANSPORT EQUIPMENT

13 433

8 606

+ 4 827

+ 56

MISCELLANEOUS

MANUFACTURED ARTICLES

(MAINLY WATCHES AND

CLOCKS, ARTICLES OF

APPAREL)

8 722

5 983

+ 2 739

+ 46

FOOD AND LIVE ANIMALS

CHIEFLY FOR FOOD

6 858

5 897

961

+ 16

CHEMICALS AND

RELATED PRODUCTS

4 842

3 287

+ 1 555

+ 47

MINERAL FUELS

LUBRICANTS AND

RELATED MATERIALS

3 588

2 311

+ 1 277

+ 55

SIGNIFICANT INCREASES WERE REGISTERED IN IMPORTS OF TEXTILE FABRICS (BY $1 630 MILLION OR 43%), ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES (BY $1 451 MILLION OR 54%), PETROLEUM AND RELATED PRODUCTS (BY $1 246 MILLION OR 56%), TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $948 MILLION OR 70%), WATCHES AND CLOCKS (BY $926 MILLION OR 44%), AND IRON AND STEEL (BY $626 MILLION OR 44%).

RE-EXPORTS TO JAPAN INCREASED BY $341 MILLION OR 21 PER CENT, TO USA BY $597 MILLION OR 68 PER CENT, TO SINGAPORE BY $300 MILLION OR 30 PER CENT, TO TAIWAN BY $443 MILLION OR 52 PER CENT AND TO

INDONESIA BY $286 MILLION OR 31 PER CENT.

/DEMAND CONTINUED