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SUNDAY, MARCH 1, 1981
1980 (HK$ MN.)
1979 (HK$ MN.)
INCREASE/DECREASE (HK$ MN.)
PERCENTAGE CHANGE
CHINA
4 642
1 315
+3 327
+253
USA
3 085
1 995
+1 090
+ 55
INDONESIA
2 761
1 684
+1 077
+ 64
SINGAPORE
2 510
1 804
706
+ 39
TAIWAN
2 229
1 730
499
+ 29
28
RE-EXPORTS BY COUNTRY OF ORIGIN
CHINA REMAINED THE LARGEST SOURCE OF HONG KONG'S RE-EXPORTS. INCREASES IN RE-EXPORTS OF CHINA ORIGIN WERE NOTED FOR MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURED ARTICLES (BY $164 MILLION OR 62%) WOMEN'S, GIRLS AND INFANTS' OUTER GARMENTS OF TEXTILE FABRICS (BY $148 MILLION OR 122%), TEXTILE MADE-UP ARTICLES (BY $121 MILLION OR 17%), CRUDE VEGETABLE MATERIALS (BY $101 MILLION OR AND FOOTWEAR (BY $100 MILLION OR 101%).
MOST RE-EXPORT COMMODITIES OF JAPAN ORIGIN SHOWED STRONG GROWTH, THE MORE SIGNIFICANT ONES BEING WATCHES AND CLOCKS (BY $455 MILLION OR 57%), MOTORCYCLES, MOTOR SCOOTERS AND OTHER CYCLES (BY $429 MILLION OR 333%), GOODS VEHICLES AND SPECIAL PURPOSE MOTOR VEHICLES (BY $138 MILLION OR 204%), AND RADIO-BROADCAST RECEIVERS (BY $84 MILLION OR 81%).
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OVERSEAS PURCHASES OF U.S. PRODUCTS THROUGH HONG KONG REMAINED ACTIVE IN 1980. INCREASES WERE REGISTERED IN RE-EXPORTS OF THERMIONIC, COLD CATHODE AND PHOTO-CATHODE VALVES AND TUBES, PHOTOCELLS AND TRANSISTORS (BY $192 MILLION OR 63%), AIRCRAFT AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT AND PARTS THEREOF (BY $170 MILLION OR 340%), AS WELL AS PARTS AND ACCESSORIES FOR OFFICE AND DATA PROCESSING MACHINES (BY $50 MILLION OR 28%).
INCREASES IN RE-EXPORTS OF TAIWAN ORIGIN WERE RECORDED IN WOVEN FABRICS OF MAN-MADE FIBRES (BY $248 MILLION OR 227%), TEXTILE YARN (BY $208 MILLION OR 128%), AND KNITTED OR CROCHETED FABRICS (BY $106 MILLION OR 921%).
RE-EXPORTS OF SOUTH KOREA ORIGIN ALSO SHOWED SIGNIFICANT GROWTH, PARTICULARLY FOR WATCHES AND CLOCKS (BY $155 MILLION OR 570%).
RE-EXPORTS BROKEN DOWN BY COUNTRY OF ORIGIN ARE SHOWN BELOW
/1980