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MONDAY, JANUARY 18, 1982

THE CHANGES IN IMPORTS FROM THE TEN MAJOR SOURCES ARE SUMMARISED AS FOLLOWS:

INCREASE/

JAN - NOV 81

(HK$MN)

JAN

*

NOV 80 (HKSMN)

DECREASE

(HK$MN)

PERCENTAGE CHANGE

JAPAN

29 073

22 897

+6 176

+27

CHINA

26 436

19 628

+6 808

+35

U.S.A.

13 257

11 968

+1 289

+11

TAIWAN

9 751

7 058

+2 693

+38

SINGAPORE

9 616

6 576

+3 040

+46

U.K.

5 730

4 961

769

+16

REPUBLIC OF

KOREA

(SOUTH KOREA)

5 009

3 397

+1 612

+47

F.R. OF GERMANY

3 059

2 648

411

+16

SWITZERLAND

2 586

2 591

5

INSIGNIFI-

CANT

AUSTRALIA

1 847

1 559

288

+18

LOCAL DEMAND FOR JAPANESE GOODS REMAINED STRONG.

INCREASES WERE NOTED PARTICULARLY FOR ROAD VEHICLES (BY $867 MILLION OR 44 PER CENT), WATCHES AND CLOCKS (BY $857 MILLION OR 42 PER CENT), ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES (BY $726 MILLION OR 33 PER CENT), TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $640 MILLION OR 31 PER CENT) AND TEXTILES (BY $610 MILLION OR 18 PER CENT).

AS FOR IMPORTS FROM CHINA, INCREASES WERE RECORDED MAINLY IN TEXTILES (BY $1 562 MILLION OR 43 PER CENT), CLOTHING (BY $1 287 MILLION OR 64 PER CENT), VEGETABLES AND FRUIT (BY $511 MILLION OR 54 PER CENT), MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURED ARTICLES - MAINLY BASKETWORK, WICKERWORK AND OTHER ARTICLES OF PLAITING MATERIALS (BY $284 MİLLION OR 34 PER CENT) AND LIVE ANIMALS CHIEFLY FOR FOOD (BY $271 MILLION OR 19 PER CENT).

INCREASES IN IMPORTS FROM THE U.S. WERE LARGELY OF ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES (BY $378 MILLION OR 39 PER CENT), ORGANIC CHEMICALS (BY 3247 MILLION OR 264 PER CENT), VEGETABLES AND FRUIT (BY $216 MILLION OR 30 PER CENT), AS WELL AS TOBACCO AND TOEACCO MANUFACTURES (BY $144 MILLION OR 31 PER CENT). THE OTHER HAND, DECREASES WERE REGISTERED IN THE IMPORTS OF PEARLS, PRECIOUS AND SEMI-PRECIOUS STONES (BY $139 MILLION OR 16 PER CENT AND TEXTILE FIBRES AND WASTES BY $387 MILLION OR 45 PER CENT).