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SUNDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1981

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

JAN-OCT 81 (HK$ MN)

JAN-OCT 80 (HK$ MN)

INCREASE (HK$ MN)

PERCENTAGE CHANGE

MANUFACTURED GOODS

CLASS IF IED CHIEFLY

BY MATERIAL (MAINLY

TEXTILE PRODUCTS,

DIAMONDS. IRON AND

STEEL, AND PAPER) 32 788

26 901

+5 887

+22

MACHINERY AND

TRANSPORT

EQUIPMENT

26 485

20 090

+6 395

+32

MISCELLANEOUS

MANUFACTURED

ARTICLES (MAINLY

WATCHES AND CLOCKS,

ARTICLES OF

APPAREL)

18 812

13 928

+4 884

+35

FOOD AND LIVE ANIMALS

CHIEFLY FOR FOOD

11 233

9 293

+1 940

+21

MINERAL FUELS,

LUBRICANTS AND

RELATED MATERIALS

8 965

6 270

+2 695

+43

CHEMICALS AND

RELATED PRODUCTS 7 427

6 571

856

+13

SUBSTANTIAL GROWTH WAS RECORDED IN RE-EXPORTS TO CHINA (BY $3 021 MILLION OR 89 PER CENT), U.S.A. (BY $1 524 MILLION OR 64 PER CENT), INDONESIA (BY $1 212 MILLION OR 55 PER CENT), SINGAPORE (BY $623 MILLION OR 31 PER CENT), JAPAN (BY $407 MILLION OR 22 PER CENT), REPUBLIC OF KOREA (BY $389 MILLION OR 52 PER CENT), MACAU (BY $356 MILLION OR 46 PER CENT), PHILIPPINES (BY $295 MILLION OR 39 PER CENT), NIGERIA (BY $236 MILLION OR 37 PER CENT), AND ISRAEL (BY $219 MILLION OR 135 PER CENT). THE OTHER HAND, DECLINES WERE REGISTERED IN RE-EXPORTS TO BELGIUM AND LUXEMBOURG (BY $40 MILLION OR 15 PER CENT) AND SWITZERLAND (BY $185 MILLION OR 34 PER CENT).

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MOST COMMODITIES RE-EXPORTED THROUGH HONG KONG EXHIBITED STRONG GROWTH, THE MORE SIGNIFICANT ONES BEING TEXTILES (BY $2 333 MILLION OR 69 PER CENT), ROAD VEHICLES (BY $992 MILLION OR 109 PER CENT), ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES (BY $889 MILLION OR 55 PER CENT), TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $674 MILLION OR 69 PER CENT), AND CLOTHING (BY $543 MILLION OR 43 PER CENT).

THE OCTOBER 1981 ISSUE OF THE +HONG KONG TRADE STATISTICS - SUMMARY+, BEING A SUMMARY REPORT ON HONG KONG'S EXTERNAL TRADE IN OCTOBER 1981, WILL SOON BE ON SALE AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE AT HK$3 PER COPY.

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