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FRIDAY, MAY 21, 199

AND APPLIANCES

ELECTRICAL

MACHINERY,

APPARATUS

(MAINLY

TRANSISTORS

AND DIODES

AND HOUSEHOLD

TYPE APPLIANCES)

1 394

1 109

+285

+26

TELE-

1 299

1 117

+182

+16

COMMUNICATIONS

AND SOUND

RECORDING AND

REPRODUCING

APPARATUS AND

EQUIPMENT

TEXTILE

1 165

1 102

+ 63

+6

YARN. +

FABRICS,

MADE-UP

ARTICLES AND

RELATED

PRODUCTS

THE CHANGES IN IMPORTS FROM THE TEN MAJOR SOURCES ARE SUMMAR ISED AS FOLLOWS

JAN.-MAR. 1982 (HK$ MN)

JAN.-MAR. 1981

HK$ MN)

INCREASE/ DECREASE (HK$ MN)

PERCENTAGE CHANGE

CHINA

7 471

6 044

+1 427

+24

JAPAN

7 101

7 480

-379

5

U.S.A.

3 485

3 310

+175

+ 5

TAIWAN

2 542

2 539

3

INSIGNIFICANT

SINGAPORE

2 538

2 307

+231

+10

U.K.

1 683

1 440

+243

+17

REPUBLIC OF

1 176

1 306

-130

-10

KOREA

(SOUTH KOREA)

F.R. OF

807

796

+11

1

GERMANY

SWITZERLAND

643

722

79

-11

AUSTRALIA

508

399

+109

+27

/LOCAL DEMAND