Year-on-year comparison
In money
terms
1981/1980
39
Growth rates of re-exports (%)
Rate of increase in prices
8
In real
terms
28
1981/1980 Q1
Q2
Q3
2222
58
45
39
28
35
25
Q4
29
19
1981/1980 H1
H2
31
मेल
47
36
8
22
8
1982/1981 Q1
12
-2
14
Q2 (*)
8
-4
12
1982/1981 H1(*)
10
-3
13
Note: (*) Estimated by using trade
indexes available up to
May 1982.
2.13
to
China remained the largest market for Hong Kong's
re-exports, accounting for 19% of the total value of
re-exports through Hong Kong. The value of re-exports
China in the first half increased by 5%, much lower than the increases in the past four years. In 1981, for example, the value of re-exports to China was 73% higher than in 1980.
major categories of products re-exported to China were textile yarn, fabrics and made-up articles, industrial and electrical
machinery and television
re-exports was mainly in
television receivers
ers (3)
re-exported through Hong
receivers.
respect of
The other
Kong
The
The slowing down in
consumer goods such as
main markets for goods in descending order of
importance, the United States, Indonesia, Singapore, Japan and Taiwan.
/ 2.14 The
(3) Towards the end of 1981, the Chinese Government raised substantially the import duties on a number of electrical/electronic products, including both colour and black-and-white television sets, equipment and electronic calculators.
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