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TELECOMMUNICATIONS

AND SOUND

RECORDING AND

다

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1982

REPRODUCING

APPARATUS AND

EQUIPMENT

5 618

5 030

588

+12

TEXTILE YARN,

FABRICS, MADE-UP

ARTICLES AND

RELATED PRODUCTS 5 302

4 535

767

+17

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

INCREASE/

1981 (HK$ MN.)

1980 (HK$ MN.

DECREASE (HK$ MN.

PERCENTAGE

CHANGE

JAPAN

32 130

25 644

+6 486

+25

CHINA

29 510

21 948

+7 562

+34

U.S.A.

14 442

13 210

+1 232

+9

TAIWAN

10 762

7 961

+2 801

+35

SINGAPORE

10 627

7 384

+3 243

+44

U.K.

6 283

5 456

827

+15

REPUBLIC OF KOREA

(SOUTH KOREA)

5 495

3 869

+1 626

+42

F.R. OF GERMANY

3 383

2 883

500

+17

SWITZERLAND

2 848

2 897

49

- 2

AUSTRALIA

2 005

1 698

307

+18

LOCAL DEMAND FOR JAPANESE GOODS REMAINED STRONG.

INCREASES WERE NOTED PARTICULARLY FOR ROAD VEHICLES (BY $918 MILLION OR 40 PER CENT), WATCHES AND CLOCKS (BY $870 MILLION OR 38 PER CENT), ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES (BY $797 MILLION OR 33 PER CENT), TEXTILES (BY $617 MILLION OR 17 PER CENT), AS WELL AS TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $586 MILLION OR 24 PER CENT).

AS FOR IMPORTS FROM CHINA, INCREASES WERE RECORDED MAINLY IN TEXTILES (BY $1 703 MILLION OR 41 PER CENT), CLOTHING (BY $1 419 MILLION OR 62 PER CENT), VEGETABLES AND FRUIT (BY $557 MILLION OR 52 PER CENT), MANUFACTURES OF METAL (BY $320 MILLION OR 68 PER CENT) AND LIVE ANIMALS CHIEFLY FOR FOOD (BY $304 MILLION OR 19 PER CENT).

INCREASES IN IMPORTS FROM THE U.S. WERE LARGELY OF ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES (BY $420 MILLION OR 40 PER CENT), VEGETABLES AND FRUIT (BY $217 MILLION OR 28 PER CENT), AS WELL AS TOBACCO AND TOBACCO MANUFACTURES (BY $157 MILLION OR 30 PER CENT).

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