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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 20, 1980

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

JAN

- -

(HK$ M.)

PERCENTAGE

CHANGE

JUNE 80 JAN JUNE 79 INCREASE (HK$ M.)

MANUFACTURED GOODS

CLASS IF IED CHIEFLY EY MATERIAL (MAINLY TEXTILE PRODUCTS, DIAMONDS, IRON AND STEEL, AND PAPER)

(HK$ M.)

15 690

12 446

+ 3 244

26

MACHINERY AND

TRANSPORT

EQUIPMENT

11 486

8 357

+ 3 129

37

MISCELLANEOUS

MANUFACTURED

ARTICLES (MAINLY

WATCHES AND CLOCKS,

ARTICLES OF

APPAREL}

7 495

5 456

+ 2 039

37

FOOD AND LIVE ANIMALS

CHIEFLY FOR FOOD 5 171

4 346

825

19

CHEMICALS AND

RELATED PRODUCTS

4 264

3 008

+ 1 256

42

MINERAL FUELS,

LIBRICANTS AND

RELATED MATERIALS

3 682

1 965

+ 1 717

87

AS FOR RE-EXPORTS, SUBSTANTIAL GROWTH WAS RECORDED IN THOSE TO CHINA (BY $1 218 MILLION OR 274 PER CENT), INDONESIA (BY $466 MILLION OR 61 PER CENT), U.S.A. (BY $345 MILLION OR 38 PER CENT), TAIWAN (BY $339 MILLION OR 39 PER CENT), THE U.K. (BY 1286 MILLION OR 276 PER CENT), NIGERIA (BY $186 MILLION OR 170 PER CENT) MACAU (BY $171 MILLION OR 65 PER CENT), AND THE F.R. OF GERMANY (BY 3144 MILLION OR 84 PER CENT). ON THE OTHER HAND, A SIGNIFICANT DECLINE WAS REGISTERED IN RE-EXPORTS TO JAPAN (BY $285 MILLION OR 21 PER CENT).

MOST COMMODITIES RE-EXPORTED THROUGH HONG KONG EXHIBITED STRONG GROWTH, THE MORE SIGNIFICANT ONES BEING WATCHES AND CLOCKS (BY $407 MILLION OR 78 PER CENT), ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES (BY $369 MILLION OR

70 PER CENT), CLOTHING (EY $281 MILLION OR 74 PER CENT),

ROAD VEHICLES (BY $268 MILLION OR 137 PER CENT), TELECOMMUNICATIONS

AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT

(EY $228 MILLION OR 86 PER CENT). AND NON-FERROUS METALS (BY 3215 MILLION OR 151 PER CENT).

THE TRADE