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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1980

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

MANUFACTURED GOODS

CLASSIFIED CHIEFLY BY MATERIAL (MAINLY TEXTILE PRODUCTS, DIAMONDS, IRON AND STEEL, AND PAPER)

JAN. JULY 80 (HK$ MN.)

JAN. JULY 79

(HK$ MN.)

INCREASE

PERCENTAGE

(HK$ MN.)

CHANGE

18 371

14 645

+ 3 726

+ 25

MACHINERY AND

TRANSPORT EQUIPMENT

13 779

10 223

+ 3 556

+ 35

MISCELLANEOUS

MANUFACTURED ARTICLES

(MAINLY WATCHES AND

CLOCKS, ARTICLES OF

APPAREL)

9 039

6 561

+ 2 478

+ 38

FOOD AND LIVE ANIMALS

CHIEFLY FOR FOOD

6 033

5 166

867

+ 17

CHEMICALS AND

RELATED PRODUCTS

4 866

3 592

+ 1 274

+ 35

MINERAL FUELS,

LUBRICANTS AND

RELATED MATERIALS

4 305

2 416

+ 1 889

+ 78

AS FOR RE-EXPORTS, SUBSTANTIAL GROWTH WAS RECORDED IN RE-EXPORTS TO CHINA (BỶ $1 471 MILLION OR 261 PER CENT) INDONESIA (BY $531 MILLION OR 59 PER CENT), USA (BY $417 MILLION OR 38 PER CENT), SINGAPORE (BY $369 MILLION OR 38 PER CENT), TAIWAN (BY $357 MILLION OR 36 PER CENT), THE UK (BY $300 MILLION OR 229 PER CENT), NIGERIA (BY $220 MILLION OR 154 PER CENT), MACAU (BY $199 MILLION OR 63 PER CENT), AND THE F.R. OF GERMANY (BY $170 MILLION OR 83 PER CENT). ON THE OTHER HAND, A SIGNIFICANT DECLINE WAS REGISTERED IN RE-EXPORTS TO JAPAN (BY $326 MILLION OR 21 PER CENT).

MOST COMMODITIES RE-EXPORTED THROUGH HONG KONG EXHIBITED STRONG GROWTH, THE MORE SIGNIFICANT ONES BEING TEXTILES (BY $582 MILLION OR 38 PER CENT), WATCHES AND CLOCKS (BY $473 MILLION OR 73 PER CENT), ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES (BY $440 MILLION OR 69 PER CENT), CLOTHING (BY $324 MILLION OR 68 PER CENT), ROAD VEHICLES (BY $316 MILLION OR 130 PER CENT), TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $293 MILLION OR 93 PER CENT), AND NON-FERROUS METALS (BY $225 MILLION OR 141 PER CENT),

THE TRADE