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FRIDAY, JUNE 13, 1980

SIGNIFICANT INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN IMPORTS OF PETROLEUM AND RELATED PRODUCTS (BY $757 MILLION OR 107 PER CENT) FROM SINGAPORE AS WELL AS ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES (BY $126 MILLION OR 79 PER CENT), AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $72 MILLION OR 60 PER CENT) FROM TAIWAN.

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

MANUFACTURED GOODS

CLASSIFIED CHIEFLY BY MATERIAL

JAN-APR 80

(HK$ M)

JAN-APR 79

(HK$ M)

INCREASE (HK$ M)

PERCENTAGE

CHANGE

(MAINLY TEXTILE

PRODUCTS, DIAMONDS,

IRON AND STEEL,

AND PAPER)

10 168

8 152

+ 2 016

+ 25

MACHINERY AND

TRANSPORT EQUIPMENT

7 200

5 363

+ 1 837

34

MISCELLANEOUS

MANUFACTURED ARTICLES

(MAINLY WATCHES AND

CLOCKS, ARTICLES OF

APPAREL)

4 781

3 395

+ 1 386

41

FOOD AND LIVE ANIMALS

CHIEFLY FOR FOOD

3 411

2 808

603

+

21

CHEMICAL AND RELATED

PRODUCTS

2 887

1 843

+ 1 044

57

MINERAL FUELS

LUBRICANTS AND

RELATED MATERIALS

2 442

1 169

+ 1 273

+ 109

AS FOR RE-EXPORTS, SUBSTANTIAL GROWTH WAS RECORDED IN RE-EXPORTS TO CHINA (BỶ $694 MILLION OR 269 PER CENT)

U.K. (BY $253 MILLION OR 379 PER CENT), U.S.A. (BY $251 MILLION OR 47 PER CENT), INDONESIA (BY $245 MILLION OR 50 PER CENT), TAIWAN (BY $203 MILLION OR 40 PER CENT), NIGERIA (BY $125 MILLION OR 161 PER CENT), SWITZERLAND (BY $103 MILLION OR 83 PER CENT), AND THE F.R. OF GERMANY (BY $101 MILLION OR 96 PER CENT).

INCREASES WERE MAINLY REGISTERED IN RE-EXPORTS OF NON-FERROUS METALS (BY $239 MILLION OR 309 PER CENT), WATCHES AND CLOCKS (BY $229 MILLION OR 72 PER CENT), ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES (BY $176 MILLION OR 55 PER CENT), CLOTHING (BY $173 MILLION OR 81 PER CENT), ROAD VEHICLES (BY $149 MILLION OR 124 PER CENT), AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $145 MILLION OR 93 PER CENT).

THE TRADE