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THURSDAY, JULY 15, 1982

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THE CHANGES IN IMPORTS FROM THE TEN MAJOR SOURCES ARE SUMMARISED AS FOLLOWS :-

INCREASE/

JAN.-MAY 1982 JAN.-MAY 1981

DECREASE PERCENTAGE

(HK$ MN)

(HK$ MN)

(HK$ MN)

CHANGE

CHINA

12 632

10 790

+1 842

+17

JAPAN

12 538

12 859

321

2

U.S.A.

6 031

5 751

280

+ 5

TAIWAN

4 320

4 383

63

1

SINGAPORE

4 229

3 987

242

+ 6

U.K.

2 771

2 457

314

+13

REPUBLIC OF KOREA

1 940

2 247

308

-14

(SOUTH KOREA)

F.R. OF GERMANY

1 372

1 376

4

INSIGNI-

FICANT

SWITZERLAND

1 100

1 229

129

-10

AUSTRALIA

957

755

202

+27

LOCAL DEMAND FOR IMPORTED GOODS FROM CHINA REMAINED STRONG, INCREASES WERE RECORDED MAINLY IN CLOTHING (BY $441 MILLION OR 38 PER CENT), TEXTILES (BY $268 MILLION OR 13 PER CENT), IRON AND STEEL (BY $212 MILLION OR 137 PER CENT) AS WELL AS MEAT AND MEAT PREPARATIONS (BY $145 MILLION OR 45 PER CENT).

AS FOR IMPORTS FROM JAPAN, INCREASES WERE NOTED FOR TEXTILE FABRICS (BY $196 MILLION OR 15 PER CENT) AS WELL AS GENERAL INDUSTRIAL MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT, AND MACHINE PARTS (BY $81 MILLION OR 14 PER CENT). DECREASES WERE REGISTERED FOR TEXTILES YARN (BY $169 MILLION OR 37 PER CENT), ROAD VEHICLES (BY $198 MILLION OR 14 PER CENT), WATCHES AND CLOCKS (3Y $222 MILLION OR 17 PER CENT), TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $240 MILLION OR 19 PER CENT),

INCREASES IN IMPORTS FROM THE U.S. WERE LARGELY OF ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES (BY $146 MILLION OR 28 PER CENT) AS WELL AS GENERAL INDUSTRIAL MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT (BY $72 MILLION OR 30 PER CENT). ON THE OTHER HAND, DECREASES WERE REGISTERED IN IMPORTS OF ARTIFICIAL RESINS AND PLASTIC MATERIALS (BY $102 MILLION OR 27 PER CENT) AND OFFICE MACHINES AND AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT (3Y $113 MILLION OR 18 PER CENT).

/CONSIDERABLE