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SATURDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1980

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

MANUFACTURED

GOODS CLASS IF IED

CHIEFLY BY MATERIAL (MAINLY

JAN-OCT 80 (HK$ MN.)

JAN-OCT 79 (HK$ MN.

INCREASE (HK$ MN.)

PERCENTAGE CHANGE

TEXTILE PRODUCTS,

DIAMONDS, IRON

AND STEEL, AND

PAPER)

26 901

21 773

+5 128

+ 24

MACHINERY AND

TRANSPORT

EQUIPMENT

20 090

15 158

+4 932

+ 33

MISCELLANEOUS

MANUFACTURED

ARTICLES (MAINLY

WATCHES AND

CLOCKS, ARTICLES

OF APPAREL)

13 928

9 978

+3 950

+ 40

FOOD AND LIVE

ANIMALS CHIEFLY FOR FOOD

9 293

7 779

- +1 514

+ 19

CHEMICALS AND

RELATED PRODUCTS

6 571

5 466

+1 105

20

MINERAL FUELS,

LUBRICANTS AND

RELATED MATERIALS

6 270

4 072

+2 198

+ 54

AS FOR RE-EXPORTS; SUBSTANTIAL GROWTH WAS RECORDED IN RE-EXPORTS TO CHINA (BY $2 465 MILLION OR 264 PER CENT), INDONESIA (BY $870 MILLION OR 64 PER CENT), U.S.A. (BY $743

MILLION OR 45 PER CENT), SINGAPORE (BY $583 MILLION OR 40 PER CENT), TAIWAN (BY $442 MILLION OR 31 PER CENT), NIGERIA (BY $374 MILLION OR 141 PER CENT) THE U.K. (BY $373 MILLION OR 153 PER CENT). ON THE OTHER HAND, A DECLINE WAS REGISTERED IN RE-EXPORTS TO JAPAN (BY $334 MILLION OR 15 PER CENT).

MOST COMMODITIES RE-EXPORTS THROUGH HONG KONG SHOWED STRONG GROWTH, THE MORE SIGNIFICANT ONES BEING TEXTILES (BY $1 136 MILLION OR 51 PER CENT), WATCHES AND CLOCKS (BY $689 MILLION OR 69 PER CENT), ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES (BY $654 MILLION OR 68 PER CENT), ROAD VEHICLES (BY $551 MILLION OR 154 PER CENT), CLOTHING (BY $510 MILLION OR 69 PER CENT), TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $483 MILLION OR 97 PER CENT), AND NON-FERROUS METALS (BY $255 MILLION OR 108 PER CENT).

/+THE HONG