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MONDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1981

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

MANUFACTURED

GOODS

CLASS IF IED

CHIEFLY BY

MATERIAL

1980 (HK$ MN.)

1979 (HK$ MN.)

INCREASE (HK$ MN.)

PERCENTAGE CHANGE

(MAINLY TEXTILE

PRODUCTS,

DIAMONDS, IRON

AND STEEL, AND

PAPER)

33 720

26 931

+6 789

+ 25

MACHINERY AND

TRANSPORT

25 133

18 609

+6 524

+ 35

EQUIPMENT

MISCELLANEOUS

ARTICLES

MANUFACTURED

(MAINLY

WATCHES AND

CLOCKS

ARTICLES OF

APPAREL)

17 628

12 525

+5 103

+ 41

FOOD AND LIVE

ANIMALS

CHIEFLY FOR

FOOD

11 558

9 646

+1 912

+ 20

CHEMICALS AND

RELATED

PRODUCTS

7 934

6 819

+1 115

+ 16

MINERAL FUELS,

LUBRICANTS

AND RELATED

MATERIALS

7 882

4 906

+2 976

+61

SUBSTANTIAL GROWTH WAS RECORDED IN RE-EXPORTS TO CHINA (BY $3 327 MILLION OR 253 PER CENT), U.S. (BY $1 090 MILLION OR 55 PER CENT), INDONESIA (BY $1 078 MILLION OR 64 PER CENT), SINGAPORE (EY $707 MILLION OR 39 PER CENT), TAIWAN (BY $499 MILLION OR 29 PER CENT), NIGERIA (BY $466 MILLION OR 124 PER CENT), THE U.K. (BY $444 MILLION OR 119 PER CENT), MACAU (BY $318 MILLION OR 53 PER CENT), AND THE F.R. OF GERMANY (BY $196 MILLION OR 43 PER CENT). ON THE OTHER HAND, A DECLINE WAS REGISTERED IN RE-EXPORTS TO JAPAN (BY $276 MILLION OR 11 PER CENT).

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