MONDAY, JULY 14, 1980
INCREASES IN IMPORTS FROM THE U.S. WERE LARGELY OF ARTIFICIAL RESINS AND PLASTIC MATERIALS, AND CELLULOSE ESTERS AND ETHERS (BY $393 MILLION OR 215 PER CENT), TEXTILE FIBRES AND THE IR WASTES (BY $241 MILLION OR 74 PER CENT), OFFICE MACHINES AND AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT (BY $172 MILLION OR 52 PER CENT), AND ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES (BY $102 MILLION OR 32 PER CENT).
SIGNIFICANT INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN IMPORTS OF PETROLEUM AND RELATED PRODUCTS (BY $860 MILLION OR 98 PER CENT) FROM SINGAPORE AS WELL AS ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES (BY $156 MILLION OR 72 PER CENT), AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $99 MILLION OR 66 PER CENT) FROM TAIWAN,
THE FOLLOWING TABLE ILLUSTRATES THE MORE IMPORTANT CHANGES IN IMPORTS BY COMMODITY SECTION:
MANUFACTURED GOODS
CLASS IF IED
CHIEFLY BY MATERIAL
JAN
MAY 80 JAN MAY 79 (HK$ MN.) (HK$ MN.)
INCREASE (HK$ MN.)
PERCENTAGE CHANGE
(MAINLY TEXTILE
PRODUCTS
13 029
10 289
+ 2 740
+ 27
DIAMONDS, IRON
AND STEEL, AND
PAPER)
MACHINERY AND
TRANSPORT
9 521
6 885
+ 2 636
+ 38
EQUIPMENT
MISCELLANEOUS
MANUFACTURED
ARTICLES
6 152
4 394
+ 1 758
+ 40
(MAINLY WATCHES
AND CLOCKS.
ARTICLES OF
APPAREL)
FOOD AND LIVE
ANIMALS
CHIEFLY FOR
4 282
3 578
704
+ 20
FOOD
CHEMICALS AND
RELATED
3 638
2 392
+1 246
+ 52
PRODUCTS
MINERAL FUELS,
LUBRICANTS AND
RELATED
2 977
1 582
+ 1 395
+ 88
MATERIALS
/AS FOR
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