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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1981

THE FOLLOWING TABLE ILLUSTRATES THE MORE IMPORTANT CHANGES IN IMPORTS BY COMMODITY SECTION 1-

JAN

JULY 81 (HK$ MN.)

-

JAN JULY 80 (HK$ MN.)

INCREASE

PERCENTAGE

(HK$ MN.) CHANGE

CHIEFLY BY

MANUFACTURED GOODS

CLASS IF IED

MATERIAL (MAINLY

TEXTILE PRODUCTS,

DIAMONDS, IRONS

AND STEEL, AND

PAPER)

22 732

18 371

+4 361

+24

MACHINERY AND

TRANSPORT

EQUIPMENT

18 330

13 779

+4 551

+33

MISCELLANEOUS

MANUFACTURED

ARTICLES (MAINLY

WATCHES AND CLOCKS,

ARTICLES OF

APPAREL)

12 801

9 039

+3 762

+42

FOOD AND LIVE

AMINALS CHIEFLY

FOR FOOD

7 434

6 033

+1 401

+23

MINERAL FUELS,

LUBRICANTS AND

RELATED MATERIALS

6 470

4 305

+2 615

+50

CHEMICALS AND

RELATED PRODUCTS 5 032

4 866

166

+ 3

SUBSTANTIAL GROWTH WAS RECORDED IN RE-EXPORTS TO CHINA (BY $2 514 MILLION OR 123 PER CENT), USA (BY $1 107 MILLION OR 73 PER CENT), INDONESIA (BY $889 MILLION OR 62 PER CENT) SINGAPORE (BY $445 MILLION OR 33 PER CENT), MACAU (BY $227 MILLION OR 44 PER CENT), REPUBLIC OF KOREA (BY $223 MILLION OR 41 PER CENT), JAPAN (BY $202 MILLION OR 16 PER CENT), NIGER JA (BY $199 MILLION OR 55 PER CENT), PHILIPPINES (BY $180 MILLION OR 35 PER CENT) AND UK (BY $173 MILLJON OR 40 PER CENT), ON THE OTHER HAND, DECLINES WERE REGISTERED IN RE-EXPORTS TO THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY (BY $59 MILLION OR 16 PER CENT) AND SWITZERLAND (BY $145 MILLION OR 38 PER CENT).

MOST COMMODITIES RE-EXPORTED THROUGH HONG KONG EXHIBITED STRONG GROWTH, THE MORE SIGNIFICANT ONES BE ING TEXTILES (BY $1 805 MILLION OR 85 PER CENT), ROAD VEHICLES (BY $771 MILLION OR 138 PER CENT), ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES (BY $579 MILLION OR 54 PER CENT), TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $514 MILLION OR 84 PER CENT), AND CLOTHING (BY $366 MILLION OR 46 PER CENT).

/THE JULY