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period in 1984, re-exports to China of most items started to decline in the fourth quarter of 1985. Re-exports of
office machines, telecommunications, sound recording and
reproducing apparatus, road vehicles and electrical machinery fell, by 75%, 55%, 51% and 9% in money terms
respectively. Re-exports of textile yarn, however, rose
by 25%.
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21.
Imports from China, however, increased
substantially in the fourth quarter of 1985. Compared with the same period in 1984, the value of imports from
China increased by 26% to HK$18,206 million.
For the year as a whole, the value of imports from China amounted to
HK$58,962 million, 5.8% higher than in 1984.
Imports (HK$Mn)
Growth rate in money_terms#
($ )
1985 Q1
12,094
-3
Q2
13,572
-6
Q3
15,090
5
04
18,206
26
Annual
58,962
6
22.
over same period in the previous year.
About 54% of the goods imported from China in the fourth quarter of 1985 were subsequently re-exported elsewhere. Re-exports of China origin to the rest of the world accounted for 37% of Hong Kong's total re-exports. The respective proportions for 1985 as a whole were 59%
and 33%.
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