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MONDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1980
THE CHANGES IN IMPORTS FROM TEN MAJOR SOURCES ARE SUMMARISED
AS FOLLOWS:
JAN-DEC 79
(HK$ MN.)
JAN-DEC 78 (HK$ MN.)
INCREASE (HK$ MN.)
PERCENTAGE CHANGE
JAPAN
19 320
14 405
+ 4 915
+ 34
CHINA
15 130
10 550
+ 4 580
+ 43
US A
10 365
7 519
+ 2 846
+ 38
TAIWAN
6 035
4 257
+ 1 778
+ 42
SINGAPORE
4 821
3 219
+ 1 602
+ 50
UK
4 350
2 975
+ 1 375
+ 46
WEST GERMANY
2 775
2 072
703
+ 34
SWITZERLAND
2 592
2 115
477
+ 23
SOUTH KOREA
2 529
1 793
736
+ 41
AUSTRALIA
1 579
1 274
305
+ 24
IMPORTS FROM JAPAN ROSE CONSIDERABLY, MAINLY OF ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES (BY $670 MILLION OR 53 PER CENT), TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $609 MILLION OR 56 PER CENT), TEXTILES (BY $549 MILLION OR 24 PER CENT), WATCHES AND CLOCKS (BY $395 MILLION OR 30 PER CENT), IRON AND STEEL (BY $355 MILLION OR 40 PER CENT), AND ROAD VEHICLES (BY $303 MILLION OR 34 PER CENT).
INCREASES IN IMPORTS FROM CHINA WERE LARGELY OF TEXTILES (BY $959 MILLION OR 45 PER CENT), PETROLEUM AND RELATED PRODUCTS (BY $702 MILLION OR 93 PER CENT), CLOTHING (BY $471 MILLION OR 76 PER CENT), AND FISH, CRUSTACEANS AND MOLLUSCS (BY $168 MILLION OR 42 PER CENT).
IMPORTS FROM USA ALSO SHOWED SUBSTANTIAL INCREASES IN ARTIFICIAL RESINS AND PLASTIC MATERIALS, AND CELLULOSE ESTERS AND ETHERS (BY $409 MILLION OR 165 PER CENT), OFFICE MACHINES AND AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT (BY $350 MILLION OR 58 PER CENT), ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES (BY $289 MILLION OR 45 PER CENT), AND TEXTILES (BY $117 MILLION OR 66 PER CENT).
MARKED INCREASES WERE ALSO RECORDED IN IMPORTS OF PETROLEUM AND RELATED PRODUCTS (BY $931 MILLION OR 52 PER CENT) FROM SINGAPORE, AND ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES (BY $259 MILLION OR 62 PER CENT) FROM TAIWAN,
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