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SUNDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1979

THE FOLLOWING TABLE ILLUSTRATES THE MORE IMPORTANT CHANGES

IN IMPORTS BY COMMODITY SECTION -

JAN.-OCT. 79 (HK$ M.)

JAN.-OCT. 78 (HK$ M.)

INCREASE (HK$ M.)

PERCENTAGE CHANGE

MANUFACTURED GOODS

CLASS IF IED CHIEFLY BY

MATERIAL (MAINLY

21 773

16 114

+ 5 659

+ 35%

TEXTILE PRODUCTS

AND DIAMONDS)

MACHINERY AND

15 158

9 654

+ 5 504

+ 57%

TRANSPORT EQUIPMENT

MISCELLANEOUS

MANUFACTURED ARTICLES

(MAINLY WATCHES AND

9 978

6 818

+ 3 160

+ 46%

CLOCKS, ARTICLES

OF APPAREL)

FOOD AND LIVE ANIMALS

7 779

6 594

+ 1 185

+ 18%

CHIEFLY FOR FOOD

CHEMICALS AND

5 466

3 720

+ 1 746

+ 47%

RELATED PRODUCTS

MINERAL FUELS,

LUBRICANTS AND RELATED MATERIALS

4 072

2 620

+ 1 452

+ 55%

SIGNIFICANT INCREASES WERE REGISTERED IN ARRIVALS OF TEXTILES (BY $2 686 MILLION OR 39%), ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES (BY $1 690 MILLION OR 56%), PETROLEUM AND RELATED PRODUCTS (BY $1 419 MILLION OR 56%), TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $1 067 MILLION OR 69%), AND WATCHES AND CLOCKS (BY $1 062 MILLION OR 44%).

SUBSTANTIAL INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN RE-EXPORTS TO CHINA (BY $768 MILLION OR 465%), U.S.A. (BY $642 MILLION OR 64%), TAIWAN (BY $472 MILLION OR 49%), SİNGAPORE (BY $337 MILLION OR 30%) AND THE PHILIPPINES (BY $249 MILLION OR 61%).

ACTIVE DEMAND CONTINUED FOR RE-EXPORTS OF TEXTILES (INCREASED BY $815 MILLION OR 57%), ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES (BY $431 MILLION OR 82 %), PEARLS, PRECIOUS AND SEMI-PRECIOUS STONES (BY $429 MILLIÓN OR 30%), CLOTHING (BY $367 MILLION OR 97%), AND WATCHES AND CLOCKS (BY $276 MILLION OR 38%).

THE TRADE INDEX NUMBERS FOR SEPTEMBER 1979 (1973- 100) WERE RELEASED AS FOLLOWS -

VALUE

INDEX

DOMESTIC EXPORTS

328

IMPORTS

316

UNIT VALUE

INDEX

171

176

QUANTUM INDEX

192

180

THE TERMS OF TRADE INDEX FOR SEPTEMBER 1979 WAS 97.