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ON THE OTHER HAND, DECREASES WERE REGISTERED IN THE IMPORTS OF OFFICE MACHINES AND AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT

(BY $53 MILLION OR 21 PER CENT) AND ARTIFICIAL RESINS AND PLASTIC MATERIALS (BY $96 MILLION OR 51 PER CENT).

CONSIDERABLE INCREASES WERE REGISTERED IN THE IMPORTS OF PETROLEUM AND RELATED PRODUCTS FROM SINGAPORE (BY $191 MILLION OR 18 PER CENT), AND OF ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES FROM TAIWAN (BY $52 MILLION OR 31 PER CENT).

IMPORTS OF TEXTILES FROM TAIWAN DECLINED (BY $33 MILLION OR FIVE PER CENT).

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

JAN-FEB 1982

(HK$ MN.)

INCREASE/ JAN-FEB 1981 DECREASE

(HK$ MN.) (HK$ MN.)

PERCENTAGE

CHANGE

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

PAPER)

6 072

5 854

218

MACHINERY AND

TRANSPORT EQUIPMENT 4 627

4 520

107

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MISCELLANEOUS

MANUFACTURED ARTI-

CLES (MAINLY

WATCHES AND CLOCKS

ARTICLES OF APPAREL) 3 351

3 120

231

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FOOD AND LIVE ANIMALS

CHIEFLY FOR FOOD

2 378

2 058

320

+ 16

MINERAL FUELS,

LUBRICANTS AND

RELATED MATERIALS

1 986

1 499

487

+ 32

CHEMICALS AND

RELATED PRODUCTS

1 379

1 387

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SUBSTANTIAL GROWTH WAS RECORDED IN RE-EXPORTS TO USA (BY $166 MILLION OR 25 PER CENT), CHINA (BY $108 MILLION OR EIGHT PER CENT), SINGAPORE ( BY $105 MILLION OR 22 PER CENT), INDONESIA (BY $67 MILLION OR 11 PER CENT), REPUBLIC OF KOREA (BY $65 MILLION OR 35 PER CENT), PHILIPPINES (BY $63 MILLION OR 39 PER CENT), MACAU (BY $52 MILLION OR 29 PER CENT) AND JAPAN (BY $46 MILLION OR 11 PER CENT).

ON THE OTHER HAND, DECLINES WERE REGISTERED IN RE-EXPORTS TO FRANCE (BY $41 MILLION OR 52 PER CENT) AND UK (BY $163 MILLION OR 66 PER CENT).

/MOST COMMODITIES