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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1980.

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

MANUFACTURED

GOODS CLASS IF IED

CHIEFLY BY

MATERIAL (MAINLY

TEXTILE PRODUCTS

JAN-AUG 80 (HK$ M.)

DIAMONDS, IRON AND

JAN-AUG 79 (HK$ M.)

INCREASE (HK$ M.)

PERCENTAGE CHANGE

STEEL, AND PAPER)

21 044

16 782

+4 262

+25

MACHINERY AND

TRANSPORT

EQUIPMENT

16 011

11 909

+4 102

+34

MISCELLANEOUS

MANUFACTURED

ARTICLES (MAINLY

WATCHES AND CLOCKS,

ARTICLES OF

APPAREL)

10 523

7.589

+2 934

+39

FOOD AND LIVE

ANIMALS CHIEFLY

FOR FOOD

7 111

5 978

+1 133

+19

CHEMICALS AND

RELATED PRODUCTS

5 446

4 237

+1 209

+29

MINERAL FUELS

LUBRICANTS AND

RELATED MATERIALS 5 072

2 906

+2 166

+75

AS FOR RE-EXPORTS, SUBSTANTIAL GROWTH WAS RECORDED IN THOSE TO CHINA (BY $1 813 MILLION OR 277 PER CENT), INDONESIA (BY $672 MILLION OR 64 PER CENT), U.S.A. (BY $501 MILLION OR 38 PER CENT), SINGAPORE (BY $420 MILLION OR 37 PER CENT), TAIWAN (BY $386 MILLION OR 34 PER CENT), THE U.K. (BY 8306 MILLION OR 186 PER CENT), NIGERIA (BY $247 MILLION OR 134 PER CENT), MACAU (BY $239 MILLION OR 66 PER CENT), AND THE F.R, OF GERMANY (BY $177 MILLION OR 71 PER CENT). ON THE OTHER HAND, A DECLINE WAS REGISTERED IN RE-EXPORTS TO JAPAN (BY $357 MILLION OR 20 PER CENT).

MOST COMMODITIES RE-EXPORTED THROUGH HONG KONG EXHIBITED STRONG GROWTH, THE MORE SIGNIFICANT ONES BEING TEXTILES (BY $780 MILLION OR 45 PER CENT), WATCHES AND CLOCKS (BY $552 MILLION OR 73 PER CENT), ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES (BY $516 MILLION OR 69 PER CENT), ROAD VEHICLES (BY $385 MILLION OR 139 PER CENT), CLOTHING (BY $373 MILLION OR 65 PER CENT), TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $358 MILLION OF 95 PER CENT), AND NON-FERROUS METALS (BY $227 MILLION OR 117 PER CENT, .

-THE HONG