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10

PHOTOGRAPHIC APPARATUS, EQUIPMENT

AND SUPPLIES, OPTICAL GOODS, WATCHES AND CLOCKS

1,606

TEXTILE YARN, FABRICS, MADE-UP ARTICLES AND RELATED PRODUCTS

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1992

13.741

1,382

-

- 11

12,684

- 1

TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND

RECORDING AND REPRODUCING

APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT

1,272

+ 5

9,523

—

MANUFACTURES OF METALS

407

12

3,608

17

2

PLASTICS IN PRIMARY FORMS

294

12

2,596

IN

MACHINERY SPECIALISED FOR

PARTICULAR INDUSTRIES

238

+

7

2,331

+ 28

* DENOTES LESS THAN 0.5%

TABLE 3 : IMPORTS FROM THE 10 MAJOR SUPPLIERS

MAJOR SUPPLIER

SEP 1992

SEP 92 OVER SEP 91

JAN-SEP

1992

(HK$ MN)

( % )

(HK$ MN)

JAN-SEP 92 OVER JAN-SEP 91

(%)

CHINA

32,583

+ 20

257,147

+ 23

JAPAN

14,611

+ 39

118,581

+ 29

TAIWAN

7,405

+ 13

63,183

+ 17

UNITED STATES

5,498

+ 17

49,722

+ 15

REPUBLIC OF KOREA

3,505

+ 17

32,638

+ 26

SINGAPORE

3,102

+ 20

27,928

+ 20

GERMANY

1,922

+ 46

15,686

+ 31

UNITED KINGDOM

1,501

+ 22

14.037

+ 15

ITALY

1, 198

+ 31

10,702

+ 28

MALAYSIA

1,109

+ 29

9,302

+ 28

/TABLE 4