SUNDAY, MARCH 29, 1981
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THE CHANGES IN IMPORTS FROM THE 10 MAJOR SOURCES ARE SUMMAR ISED
AS FOLLOWS:
JAN 1981 HK$ MN.)
JAN 1980 (HK$ MN.)
INCREASE (HK$ MN.)
PERCENTAGE CHANGE
JAPAN
2 254
1 600
+654
+42
CHINA
2 227
1 636
+591
+36
USA
1 120
873
+247
+28
SINGAPORE
973
697
+276
+40
TAIWAN
914
582
+332
+57
UK
470
436
+ 33
+8
SOUTH KOREA
432
291
+141
+49
F.R. OF GERMANY
299
265
+ 34
+13
SWITZERLAND
180
177
3
+2
AUSTRALIA
160
113
+ 47
+41
LOCAL DEMAND FOR JAPANESE GOODS REMAINED STRONG, INCREASES WERE NOTED PARTICULARLY FOR TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $102 MILLION OR 67 PER CENT), ROAD VEHICLES (BY $99 MILLION OR 66 PER CENT), TEXTILES (BY $63 MILLION OR 33 PER CENT), AND WATCHES AND CLOCKS BY $58 MILLION OR 42 PER CENT).
AS FOR IMPORTS FROM CHINA, INCREASES WERE RECORDED MAINLY IN CLOTHING (BY $130 MILLION OR 111 PER CENT), TEXTILES (BY $127 MILLION OR 43 PER CENT), VEGETABLES AND FRUIT (BY $44 MILLION OR 47 PER CENT) LIVE ANIMALS CHIEFLY FOR FOOD (BY $39 MILLION OR 36 PER CENT), AND MANUFACTURES OF METAL (BY $33 MILLION OR 151 PER CENT).
INCREASE IN IMPORTS FROM THE U.S. WERE LARGELY OF ORGANIC CHEMICALS (BY $44 MILLION OR 535 PER CENT), VEGETABLES AND FRUIT (BY $43 MILLION OR 90 PER CENT), OFFICE MACHINES AND AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT (BY $32 MILLION OR 36 PER CENT), IRON AND STEEL (BY $21 MILLION OR 400 PER CENT) AND MANUFACTURES OF METAL (BY $13 MILLION OR 114 PER CENT).
SIGNIFICANT INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN THE SUPPLY OF PETROLEUM AND RELATED PRODUCTS (BY $240 MILLION OR 48 PER CENT) FROM SINGAPORE, AS WELL AS TEXTILES (BY $172 MILLION OR 78 PER CENT) AND IRON AND STEEL (BY $33 MILLION OR 224 PER CENT) FROM TAIWAN,
THE FOLLOWING
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