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TELECOMMUNICATIONS

AND SOUND RECORDING

11

MONDAY, APRIL 26, 1982

AND REPRODUCING

APPARATUS AND

EQUIPMENT

798

684

+114

+17

TEXTILE YARN,

FABRICS, MADE-UP

ARTICLES AND

RELATED PRODUCTS

728

689

+ 39

6

THE CHANGES IN IMPORTS FROM THE 10 MAJOR SOURCES ARE SUMMARISED

AS FOLLOWS -

INCREASE/

JAN-FEB 1982 JAN-FEB 1981

DECREASE PERCENTAGE

(HK$ MN.)

(HK$ MN.)

(HK$ MN.)

CHANGE

CHINA

4 793

3 712

+1 081

+29

JAPAN

4 402

4 768

366

8

US A

2 280

2 126

154

+7

SINGAPORE

1 754

1 501

253

+17

TAIWAN

1 621

1 655

34

-

2

UK

928

869

59

+

REPUBLIC OF KOREA

(SOUTH KOREA)

764

850

86

-10

FR OF GERMANY

486

532

46

ON

9

SWITZERLAND

395

425

F

30

—

7

AUSTRALIA

337

276

61

+22

LOCAL DEMAND FOR IMPORTED GOODS FROM CHINA REMAINED STRONG, INCREASES WERE RECORDED MAINLY IN TEXTILES (BY $221 MILLION OR 31 PER CENT), CLOTHING (BY $138 MILLION OR 35 PER CENT), PETROLEUM AND RELATED PRODUCTS (BY $123 MILLION OR 37 PER CENT), AS WELL AS MEAT AND MEAT PREPARATIONS (BY $74 MILLION OR 51 PER CENT).

AS FOR IMPORTS FROM JAPAN, INCREASES WERE NOTED FOR TEXTILE FABRICS (BY $62 MILLION OR 16 PER CENT) AS WELL AS GENERAL INDUSTRIAL MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT, AND MACHINE PARTS (BY $44 MILLION OR 26 PER CENT),

DECREASES WERE REGISTERED FOR TEXTILE YARN (BY $71 MILLION OR 42 PER CENT), ROAD VEHICLES (BY $76 MILLION OR 14 PER CENT) AS WELL AS TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $186 MILLION OR 36 PER CENT).

INCREASES IN IMPORTS FROM THE US WERE LARGELY OF ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES (BY $69 MILLION OR 39 PER CENT), AS WELL AS TOBACCO AND TOBACCO MANUFACTURES (BY $47 MILLION OR 57 PER CENT).

/UN THE OTHER