Table 6 : Imports of ten principal commodity divisions

  Aug 2003 Aug 2003
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Aug 2002
Jan-Aug 2003 Jan-Aug 2003
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Jan-Aug 2002
Commodity division (HKD Mn.) (% Change) (HKD Mn.) (% Change)
Total imports 152,918 + 6.0 1,146,700 + 11.2
 
  Electrical machinery, apparatus and appliances, and electrical parts thereof 27,121 + 3.9 218,548 + 16.8
Telecommunications and sound recording and reproducing apparatus and equipment 17,633 + 10.4 127,896 + 17.0
Office machines and automatic data processing machines 15,924 + 50.0 118,123 + 23.5
Articles of apparel and clothing accessories 12,819 + 2.7 80,292 + 2.0
Miscellaneous manufactured articles (mainly baby carriages, toys, games and sporting goods) 12,717 + 8.9 77,818 + 7.2
Textile yarn, fabrics, made-up articles and related products 7,769 - 2.8 65,574 + 5.6
Photographic apparatus, equipment and supplies, optical goods, watches and clocks 4,764 - 7.2 37,783 + 3.8
Non-metallic mineral manufactures 4,414 - 0.7 36,072 + 8.0
Plastics in primary forms 4,218 + 15.7 29,363 + 16.1
Footwear 3,770 + 3.2 26,710 + 1.3

Last updated : 7 October 2003