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THURSDAY, APRIL 18, 1991

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MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURED

ARTICLES (MAINLY JEWELLERY,

GOLDSMITHS' AND

SILVERSMITHS' WARES)

6,999

6,837

162

+

2

TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND

SOUND RECORDING AND

REPRODUCING APPARATUS

AND EQUIPMENT

2,542

2,496

46

2

TEXTILE YARN, FABRICS,

MADE-UP ARTICLES AND

RELATED PRODUCTS

666

558

108

19

PROFESSIONAL, SCIENTIFIC

AND CONTROLLING

INSTRUMENTS AND

APPARATUS

519

519

NON-METALLIC MINERAL

MANUFACTURES

399

310

90

29

FISH, CRUSTACEANS AND

MOLLUSCS, AND

PREPARATIONS THEREOF

318

440

92

21

# DENOTES LESS THAN HK$ 0.5 MILLION * DENOTES LESS THAN 0.5%

TABLE 3: AIRBORNE IMPORTS FROM THE 10 MAJOR SUPPLIERS

1990

1989

INCREASE/

MAJOR SUPPLIER

DECREASE

CHKD MN.)

(HKD MN.)

(HKD MN. }

PERCENTAGE CHANGE (%)

JAPAN

27,000

23,477

3,523

15

USA

23,933

21,551

2,382

+

11

SWITZERLAND

9,086

7.415

1,671

23

SINGAPORE

6.383

5,190

1.193

23

TAIWAN

5,831

5,327

504

9

ITALY

5,753

5.184

570

1 1

MALAYSIA

5,004

4,050

954

+

24

F.R. OF GERMANY

4,617

3.883

764

20

UK

4.193

4,379

115

+

REPUBLIC OF KORRA

4,342

3,975

367

9

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