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REPUBLIC OF KOREA

1,614

2,036

422

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SINGAPORE

1,546

1,919

373

19

F.R. OF GERMANY

941

1,078

2

138

13

U.K.

887

1,076

189

4

18

ITALY

691

686

5

1

FRANCE

647

663

15

2

TABLE 4: IMPORTS OF THE MAJOR COMMODITY DIVISIONS

COMMODITY

DIVISION

JANUARY

1990

(HKD MN.)

JANUARY

1989 (HKD MN.)

INCREASE

(HKD MN.}

PERCENTAGE INCREASE

( % )

TEXTILE YARN, FABRICS

MADE-UP ARTICLES AND

RELATED PRODUCTS

4,751

5,056

4.

305

6

ELECTRICAL MACHINERY

APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES,

AND ELECTRICAL PARTS

THEREOF

3,822

4,256

433

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ARTICLES OF APPAREL

AND CLOTHING

ACCESSORIES

3,756

3,194

+ 562

+ 18

TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND

SOUND RECORDING AND

REPRODUCING APPARATUS

AND EQUIPMENT

2,912

2,961

50

AN

MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURED

ARTICLES (MAINLY BABY CARRIAGES, TOYS, GAMES AND SPORTING GOODS)

2,769

2,545

+ 224

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PHOTOGRAPHIC APPARATUS,

EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES, OPTICAL GOODS, WATCHES AND CLOCKS

2,245

2,246

* DENOTES LESS THAN 0.5 PER CENT

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