FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1981
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THE CHANGES IN IMPORTS FROM THE TEN MAJOR SOURCES ARE SUMMARISED AS FOLLOWS :-
JAN
-
JULY 81 (HK$ MN.)
-
JAN JULY 80 (HK$ MN.)
INCREASE (HK$ MN.)
PERCENTAGE CHANGE
JAPAN
18 278
13 773
+4 505
+33
CHINA
15 804
11 313
+4 491
+40
USA
8 450
7 766
684
+9
TAIWAN
6 135
4 238
+1 897
+45
SINGAPORE
6 025
3 922
+2 103
+54
UK
3 467
2 940
527
+18
REPUBLIC OF KOREA
3 172
2 063
+1 109
+54
F.R. OF GERMANY
1 924
1 690
234
+14
SWITZERLAND
1 731
1 613
118
+7
1 068
918
150
+16
THAILAND
LOCAL DEMAND FOR JAPANESE GOODS REMAINED STRONG. INCREASES WERE NOTED PARTICULARLY FOR WATCHES AND CLOCKS (BY $698 MILLION OR 59 PER CENT), ROAD VEHICLES (BY $663 MILLION OR 55 PER CENT), TELECOMMUNICATION AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $544 MILLION OR 45 PER CENT), TEXTILES (BY $480 MILLION OR 24 PER CENT), AS WELL AS ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES (BY $472 MILLION OR 35 PER CENT).
AS FOR IMPORTS FROM CHINA, INCREASES WERE RECORDED MAINLY IN TEXTILES (BY $1 016 MILLIONOR 48 PER CENT), CLOTHING (BY $855 MILLION OR 88 PER CENT), VEGETABLES AND FRUIT (BY $270 MILLION OR 54 PER CENT) AND LIVE ANIMALS CHIEFLY FOR FOOD (BY $191 MILLION OR 23 PER CENT).
INCREASES IN IMPORTS FROM THE US WERE LARGELY OF OFFICE MACHINES AND AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT (BY $186 MILLION OR 26 PER CENT), ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES (BY $164 MILLION OR 27 PER CENT), ORGANIC CHEMICALS (BY $143 MILLION OR 225 PER CENT), AS WELL AS VEGETABLES AND FRUIT (BY $142 MILLION OR 38 PER CENT).
ON THE OTHER HAND, DECREASES WERE REGISTERED IN THE IMPORTS OF ARTIFICIAL RESINS AND PLASTIC MATERIALS (BY $167 MILLION OR 25 PER
44 PER CENTS AND TEXTILE FIBRES AND WASTES (BY $334 MILLION OR
SIGNIFICANT INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN THE IMPORTS OF TEXTILES (BY $841 MILLION OR 54 PER CENT) FROM TAIWAN, AND OF PETROLEUM AND RELATED PRODUCTS (BY $1 703 MILLION OR 67 PER CENT) FROM SINGAPORE.
/THE FOLLOWING
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