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MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1980
-
JAN JUNE 80
(HK$ M.)
RE-EXPORTS BY COUNTRY OF ORIGIN
RE-EXPORTS BY COUNTRY OF ORIGIN ARE SHOWN AS FOLLOWS :
PERCENTAGE CHANGE
-
JAN JUNE 79
(HK$ M.)
INCREASE (HK$ M.)
CHINA
3 638
2 578
+ 1 060
41
JAPAN
2 467
1 513
954
63
USA
1 521
1 089
432
40
TAIWAN
SWITZERLAND
772
420
374
398
+ 106
301
119
+ 40
CHINA MAINTAINED ITS POSITION AS THE LARGEST SOURCE OF HONG KONG'S RE-EXPORTS. INCREASES IN RE-EXPORTS OF CHINA ORIGIN WERE NOTED FOR NON-TEXTILE CLOTHING (BY $90 MILLION OR 195 PER CENT), UNDER GARMENTS OF TEXTILE FABRICS (BY $53 MILLION OR 105 PER CENT), CRUDE VEGETABLE MATERIALS (BY $48 MILLION OR 24 PER CENT), AND TEXTILE MADE-UP ARTICLES (BY 348 MILLION OR 14 PER CENT).
MOST RE-EXPORT COMMODITIES OF JAPAN ORIGIN SHOWED STRONG GROWTH, THE MORE SIGNIFICANT ONES BEING WATCHES AND CLOCKS (BY $194 MILLION OR 54 PER CENT), MOTORCYCLES, MOTOR SCOOTERS AND OTHER CYCLES (BY $153 MILLION OR 330 PER CENT), MOTOR VEHICLES FOR THE TRANSPORT OF GOODS OR MATERIALS AND SPECIAL PURPOSE MOTOR VEHICLES (BY $41 MILLION OR 139 PER CENT), AND MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS AND ACCESSORIES THEREOF (BY $38 MILLION OR 163 PER CENT).
OVERSEAS PURCHASES OF U.S. PRODUCTS THROUGH HONG KONG REMAINED ACTIVE IN THE FIRST HALF OF THIS YEAR. INCREASES WERE REGISTERED IN RE-EXPORTS OF THERMIONIC, COLD CATHODE AND PHOTO-CATHODE VALVES AND TUBES, PHOTOCELLS AND TRANSISTORS (BY $139 MILLION OR 103 PER CENT), AIRCRAFT AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT AND PARTS THEREOF (BY $34 MILLION OR 232 PER CENT), AS WELL AS PARTS AND ACCESSORIES FOR OFFICE AND DATA PROCESSING MACHINES (BY 328 MILLION OR 37 PER CENT).
INCREASES IN RE-EXPORTS OF TAIWAN ORIGIN WERE RECORDED IN TEXTILE YARN (INCREASED BY $106 MILLION OR 180 PER CENT), WOVEN FABRICS OF MAN-MADE FIBRES (INCREASED BY $53 MILLION OR 113 PER CENT), AS WELL AS PARTS AND ACCESSORIES FOR TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (INCREASED BY $21 MILLION OP 90 PER CENT).
RE-EXPORTS OF SWISS ORIGIN ALSO SHOWED SIGNIFICANT GROWTH, PARTICULARLY FOR WATCHES AND CLOCKS (BY $110 MILLION OR 111 PER CENT).
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