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THURSDAY, JUN: 17, 1983

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

JAN.-APR.1982

MANUFACTURED

GOODS CLASS IF IED

CHIEFLY BY MATERIAL (MAINLY

(HK$MN)

INCREASE/

JAN.-APR.1981

(HK$MN)

DECREASE PERCENTAGE

(HK$MN)

CHANGE

TEXTILE PRODUCTS,

DIAMONDS, IRON AND STEEL, AND

PAPER)

13 271

12 579

+692

6

MACHINERY AND

TRANSPORT

EQUIPMENT

MISCELLANEOUS

10 239

9 766

+473

+ 5

MANUFACTURED

ARTICLES

(MAINLY

WATCHES AND

CLOCKS,

ARTICLES OF

APPAREL)

7 421

6 909

+512

+7

FOOD AND LIVE

ANIMALS CHIEFLY

FOR FOOD

4 857

4 124

+733

+18

MINERAL FUELS,

LUBRICANTS AND

RELATED MATERIALS 3 862

3 326

+536

+16

CHEMICALS AND

RELATED PRODUCTS 3 082

2 819

+263

SUBSTANTIAL GROWTH WAS RECORDED IN RE-EXPORTS TO CHINA (BY $260 MILLION OR 10 PER CENT), U.S.A, (BY $237 MILLION OR 17 PER CENT), REPUBLIC OF KOREA (BY $132 MILLION OR 33 PER CENT), INDONESIA (BY 3127 MILLION OR 10 PER CENT), SINGAPORE (BY $114 MILLION OR 12 PER CENT), PHILIPPINES (BY $101 MILLION OR 27 PER CENT), SAUDI ARABIA (BY $78 MILLION OR 54 PER CENT) AND MACAU (BY $73 MILLION OR 17 PER CENT)

ON THE OTHER HAND, DECLINES WERE REGISTERED IN RE-EXPORTS TO FRANCE (BY $58 MILLION OR 40 PER CENT) AND U.K. (BY $229 MILLION

55 PER CENT).

MOST COMMODITIES RE-EXPORTED THROUGH HONG KONG EXHIBITED STRONG GROWTH, THE MORE SIGNIFICANT ONES BEING TEXTILES (BY $274 MILLION OR 13 PER CENT), ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND AP-LIANCES (BY $199 MILLION OR 23 PER CENT), AND CLOTHING (BY :188 MILLION OR 31 PER CENT).

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