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FRIDAY, MARCH 19, 1982

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

MANUFACTURED GOODS CLASSIFIED CHIEFLY BY MATERIAL (MAINLY TEXTILE PRODUCTS, DIAMONDS. IRON

INCREASE/

JAN. 1982 (HK$ MN.)

JAN. 1981 DECREASE (HK$ MN.) (HK$ MN.

PERCENTAGE CHANGE

AND STEEL, AND

PAPER)

2 720

3 223

-503

-16

MACHINERY AND

TRANSPORT

EQUIPMENT

2 134

2 254

-120

5

MISCELLANEOUS

MANUFACTURED

ARTICLES (MAINLY

WATCHES AND

CLOCKS, ARTICLES

OF APPAREL)

1 572

1 545

+27

→ 2

FOOD AND LIVE

ANIMALS CHIEFLY

FOR FOOD

1 253

1 186

+ 67

MINERAL FUELS

LUBRICANTS AND

RELATED MATERIALS

970

990

-20

2

CHEMICALS AND

RELATED PRODUCTS

661

775

-114

-15

SUBSTANTIAL GROWTH WAS RECORDED IN RE-EXPORTS TO USA (BY $49 MILLION OR 13 PER CENT), INDONESIA (BY $19 MILLION OR 7 PER CENT) JAPAN (BY $19 MILLION OR 9 PER CENT), PHILIPPINES (BY $19 MILLION OR 23 PER CENT), SAUDI ARABIA (BY $14 MILLION OR 48 PER CENT), AND KUWAIT (BY $14 MILLION OR 221 PER CENT). ON THE OTHER HAND, DECLINES WERE REGISTERED IN RE-EXPORTS TO CHINA (BY $19 MILLION OR 3 PER CENT), NIGERIA (BY $20 MILLION OR 20 PER CENT), FRANCE (BY $26 MILLION OR 59 PER CENT) AND UK (BY $115 MILLION OR 74 PER CENT).

SOME COMMODITIES RE-EXPORTED THROUGH HONG KONG EXHIBITED STRONG GROWTH, THE MORE SIGNIFICANT ONES BEING WATCHES AND CLOCKS (BY $59 MILLION OR 51 PER CENT), VEGETABLES AND FRUIT (BY $36 MILLION OR 67 PER CENT) AND MANUFACTURES OF METAL (BY $32 MILLION OR 51 PER CENT). DECREASES WERE REGISTERED IN THE RE-EXPORTS OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $49 MILLION OR 27 PER CENT), AND METALL IFEROUS ORES AND METAL SCRAP (BY $148 MILLION OR 95 PER CENT).

THE JANUARY 1982 ISSUE OF THE +HONG KONG TRADE STATISTICS SUMMARY+, BEING A SUMMARY REPORT ON HONG KONG'S EXTERNAL TRADE IN JANUARY 1982, WILL SOON BE AVAILABLE AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE AT HK$5 PER COPY.

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