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WEDNESDAY, JULY 15, 1981
FOOD AND LIVE
ANIMALS CHIEFLY
FOR FOOD
5 226
4 282
944
+22
MINERAL FUELS.
LUBRICANTS AND
RELATED
MATERIALS
4 314
2 977
+1 337
+45
CHEMICALS AND
RELATED
PRODUCTS
3 565
3 638
73
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SUBSTANTIAL GROWTH WAS RECORDED IN RE-EXPORTS TO CHINA (BY $1 933 MILLION OR 148 PER CENT), USA (BY $784 MILLION OR 75 PER CENT), INDONESIA (BY $621 MILLION OR 63 PER CENT), SINGAPORE (BY $386 MILLION OR 44 PER CENT), JAPAN (BY $171 MILLION OR 19 PER CENT), MACAU (BY $169 MILLION OR 49 PER CENT), NIGERIA (BY $163 MILLION OR 66 PER CENT), SOUTH KOREA (BY $146 MILLION OR 38 PER CENT), UK (BY $138 MILLION OR 40 PER CENT) AND PANAMA (BY $114 MILLION OR 167 PER CENT).
ON THE OTHER HAND, DECLINES WERE REGISTERED IN RE-EXPORTS TO THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY (BY $46 MILLION OR 17 PER CENT) AND SWITZERLAND (BY $77 MILLION OR 30 PER CENT).
MOST COMMODITIES RE-EXPORTED THROUGH HONG KONG EXHIBITED STRONG GROWTH, THE MORE SIGNIFICANT ONES BE ING TEXTILES (BY $1 348 MILLION OR 97 PER CENT), ROAD VEHICLES (BY $625 MILLION OR 174 PER CENT), ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES (BY $420 MILLION OR 60 PER CENT), TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $402 MILLION OR 102 PER CENT), AS WELL AS WATCHES AND CLOCKS (BY $277 MILLION OR 37 PER CENT).
THE MAY 1981 ISSUE OF THE HONG KONG TRADE STATISTICS - SUMMARY+, BEING A SUMMARY REPORT ON HONG KONG'S EXTERNAL TRADE FOR THE MONTH, WILL SOON BE ON SALE AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE AT HK$3 A COPY.
A MORE COMPREHENSIVE REPORT, HONG KONG EXTERNAL TRADE+, WITH A DETAILED ANALYSIS OF THE MONTH'S IMPORTS, EXPORTS AND RE-EXPORTS, WILL BE PUBLISHED IN EARLY AUGUST AND WILL ALSO BE AVAILABLE AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE AT HK$10 A COPY.
ENQUIRIES CONCERNING SUBSCRIPTIONS TO THESE REPORTS MAY BE DIRECTED TO THE INFORMATION SERVICES DEPARTMENT AT BASKERVILLE HOUSE, HONG KONG. (TEL. NO. 5-214375).
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