FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1982 .
MOST RE-EXPORTED COMMODITIES OF JAPAN ORIGIN EXPERIENCED STRONG GROWTH. THE MORE SIGNIFICANT ITEMS INCLUDED WOVEN FABRICS OF MAN-MADE FIBRES (BY $36 MILLION OR 44 PER CENT), RADIO BROADCAST RECEIVERS (BY $33 MILLION OR 32 PER CENT), MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS AND PARTS AND ACCESSORIES (BY $31 MILLION OR 32 PER CENT) AS WELL AS TELECOMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT PARTS AND ACCESSORIES (BY $31 MILLION OR 29 PER CENT).
OVERSEAS PURCHASES OF THE U.S. PRODUCTS THROUGH HONG KONG REMAINED ACTIVE FOR THE FIRST HALF OF 1982. INCREASES WERE REGISTERED FOR ELECTRICAL MACHINERY AND APPARATUS (BY $56 MILLION OR 337 PER CENT), THERMIONIC, COLD CATHODE AND PHOTO-CATHODE VALVES AND TUBES, PHOTOCELLS, TRANSISTORS AND PARTS (BY $45 MILLION OR 15 PER CENT), AND PARTS AND ACCESSORIES FOR OFFICE AND DATA PROCESSING MACHINES (BY $39 MILLION OR 29 PER CENT).
INCREASES IN RE-EXPORTS OF TAIWAN ORIGIN WERE RECORDED FOR WOVEN FABRICS OF MAN-MADE FIBRES (BY $143 MILLION OR 51 PER CENT), WHILE DECREASES WERE REGISTERED FOR TEXTILE YARN (BY $160 MILLION OR 40 PER CENT) AND KNITTED OR CROCHETED FABRICS (BY $108 MILLION OR 64 PER CENT).
RE-EXPORTS OF THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA (SOUTH KOREA) ORIGIN DECLINED SLIGHTLY, PARTICULARLY FOR WATCHES AND CLOCKS (BY $62 MILLION OR 30 PER CENT) AND TELEVISION RECEIVERS (BY $56 MILLION OR 44 PER CENT).
RE-EXPORTS BY ORIGIN AND DESTINATION
WHEN ANALYSED BY ORIGIN AND THEN BY DESTINATION, INCREASES WERE RECORDED FOR RE-EXPORTS OF CHINA ORIGIN TO THE U.S. (BY $288 MILLION OR 22 PER CENT). TO THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY (BY $93 MILLION OR 78 PER CENT), TO NIGERIA (BY $87 MILLION OR 36 PER CENT) AND TO THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA (SOUTH KOREA) (BY $86 MILLION OR 48 PER CENT). INCREASES IN RE-EXPORTS OF JAPAN ORIGIN WERE MAINLY TO INDONESIA (BY $82 MILLION OR SEVEN PER CENT), TO CHINA (BY $82 MILLION OR 11 PER CENT) AND TO SINGAPORE (BY $34 MILLION OR NINE PER CENT). SUBSTANTIAL INCREASES WERE ALSO NOTED IN RE-EXPORTS OF U.S. ORIGIN TO CHINA (BY $245 MILLION OR 104 PER CENT) AND TO SINGAPORE (BY $98 MILLION OR 36 PER CENT).
FURTHER DETAILS ARE CONTAINED IN A COMPREHENSIVE REPORT +HONG KONG EXTERNAL TRADE+, OF WHICH THE JUNE 1982 ISSUE WILL BE AVAILABLE AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE IN EARLY SEPTEMBER.
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