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SATURDAY, AUGUST 14, 1982

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THE FOLLOWING TABLE ILLUSTRATES THE MORE IMPORTANT CHANGES IN IMPORTS BY COMMODITY SECTION 1

(HK$ MN)

JAN.-JUNE 1982 JAN.-JUNE 1981

(HK$ MN)

INCREASE/

DECREASE

PERCENTAGE

(HK$ MN) CHANGE

MANUFACTURED

19 876

19 303

573

3

GOODS CLASSIFIED

CHIEFLY BY

MATERIAL

(MAINLY TEXTILE

PRODUCTS,

DIAMONDS, IRON

AND STEEL, AND

PAPER)

MACHINERY AND

15 325

15 495

170

1

TRANSPORT

EQUIPMENT

MISCELLANEOUS

11 495

10 784

711

7

MANUFACTURED

ARTICLES

(MAINLY

WATCHES AND

CLOCKS

ARTICLES OF

APPAREL}

FOOD AND LIVE

7 405

6 298

+1 106

+ 18

ANIMALS

CHIEFLY FOR

FOOD

MINERAL FUELS.

5 469

5 059

410

+8

LUBRICANTS AND

RELATED

MATERIALS

CHEMICALS AND

4 664

4 276

388

RELATED PRODUCTS

SUBSTANTIAL GROWTH WAS RECORDED IN RE-EXPORTS TO THE U.S. (BY $419 MILLION OR 19 PER CENT), INDONESIA (BY $262 MILLION OR 14 PER CENT), CHINA (BY $192 MILLION OR FIVE PER CENT), SAUDI ARABIA (BY $163 MILLION OR 69 PER CENT), REPUBLIC OF KOREA (BY $141 MILLION OR 21 PER CENT), PHILIPPINES (BY $139 MILLION OR 24 PER CENT), SINGAPORE (BY $103 MILLION OR SEVEN PER CENT), AND MACAU (BY $98 MILLION OR 15 PER CENT). ON THE OTHER HAND, DECLINES WERE REGISTERED IN RE-EXPORTS TO FRANCE (BY $55 MILLION OR 28 PER CENT) AND U.K. (BY $240 MILLION OR 45 PER CENT).

MOST COMMODITIES