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The faster growth in imports from China compared with imports from other countries may have been induced by the successive devaluations of the Renminbi over the last two years.
It may also be a reflection of China's recent efforts in promoting its exports, some of which were routed through Hong Kong to markets overseas. Largely as a result of the appreciation of the Yen, imports from Japan declined in the first half and showed no growth in the third quarter of 1986.
Imports by major end-use categories
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Imports in most major end-use categories grew substantially in real terms in the third quarter of this year compared with the same quarter last year, as the following
table shows:
Growth rates in real terms of imports by end-use category (8)
Year-on-
year comparison
Raw materials
Consumer
Foodstuffs goods
Fuels
and semi- manufactures
Capital goods
1985/1984
8
14
-6
1985/1984 H1
0
18
-1
H2
14
10
-11
2 OM
11
0
33
3
-7
01
-2
25
-2
1
42
Q2
2
13
0
1
25
Q3
14
11
-16
-2
1
04
15
10
-5
8
-13
1986/1985 H1
17
6
19
12
-19
Q1
18
02
16
Q3*
11
172
-2
15
15
22
27
527
6
-18
16
-19
7
24
-2
Note: (*)
Estimated
using trade indices available up to
August 1986.
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