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SATURDAY, AUGUST 14, 1982

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

INCREASE/

JAN.-JUNE 1982

HK$ MN)

JAN.-JUNE 1981 (HK$ MN)

DECREASE (HK$ MN)

PERCENTAGE CHANGE

CHINA

15 307

13 207

+2 100

+ 16

JAPAN

15 249

15 502

253

2

U.S.A.

7 243

7 289

46

1

TAIWAN

5 131

5 207

76

1

SINGAPORE

5 078

4870

208

4

U.K.

3 289

2 915

374

+ 13

REPUBLIC OF KOREA

2 306

2 678

371

14

(SOUTH KOREA)

F.R. OF

1 656

1 625

31

2

GERMANY

SWITZERLAND

1 312

1 469

157

www.

11

AUSTRALIA

1 180

902

278

+ 31

LOCAL DEMAND FOR IMPORTED GOODS FROM CHINA REMAINED STRONG. INCREASES WERE RECORDED MAINLY IN CLOTHING (BY $530 MILLION OR 35 PER CENT), TEXTILES (BY $272 MILLION OR TEN PER CENT), IRON AND STEEL (BY $238 MILLION OR 125 PER CENT), AS WELL AS MEAT AND MEAT PREPARATIONS (BY $202 MILLION OR 54 PER CENT).

AS FOR IMPORTS FROM JAPAN, INCREASES WERE NOTED FOR TEXTILE FABRICS (BY $178 MILLION OR 11 PER CENT) AS WELL AS GENERAL INDUSTRIAL MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT, AND MACHINE PARTS (BY $119 MILLION OR 17 PER CENT). DECREASES WERE REGISTERED FOR TEXTILE YARN (BY $181 MILLION OR 34 PER CENT), ROAD VEHICLES (BY $185 MILLION OR 11 PER CENT), WATCHES AND CLOCKS (BY $221 MILLION OR 14 PER CENT), TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $293 MILLION OR 19 PER CENT).

INCREASES IN IMPORTS FROM THE U.S. WERE LARGELY OF ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES (BY $133 MILLION OR 20 PER CENT), AS WELL AS TOBACCO AND TOBACCO MANUFACTURES (BY $103 MILLION OR 33 PER CENT). ON THE OTHER HAND, DECREASES WERE REGISTERED IN IMPORTS OF ARTIFICIAL RESINS AND PLASTIC MATERIALS (BY $106 MILLION OR 24 PER CENT) AND OFFICE MACHINES AND AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT (BY $149 MILLION OR 19 PER CENT).

CONSIDERABLE INCREASES WERE REGISTERED IN IMPORTS OF PETROLEUM AND RELATED PRODUCTS FROM SINGAPORE (BY $133 MILLION OR FOUR PER CENT), AND OF ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES FROM TAIWAN (BY $219 MILLION OR 39 PER CENT). IMPORTS OF TEXTILES FROM TAIWAN DECLINED (BY $210 MILLION OR TEN PER CENT).

THE FOLLOWING