MONDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1982
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SUBSTANTIAL GROWTH WAS RECORDED IN RE-EXPORTS TO THE US (BY $671 MILLION OR 22 PER CENT), SAUDI ARABIA (BY $261 MILLION OR 80 PER CENT), INDONESIA (BY $214 MILLION OR EIGHT PER CENT), REPUBLIC OF KOREA (BY $179 MILLION OR 20 PER CENT), SINGAPORE (BY $178 MILLION OR NINE PER CENT), PHILIPPINES (BY $161 MILLION OR 20 PER CENT), TAIWAN (BY $145 MILLION OR NINE PER CENT) AND CHINA (BY $142 MILLION OR THREE PER CENT). ON THE OTHER HAND DECLINES WERE REGISTERED IN RE-EXPORTS TO ISRAEL (BY $83 MILLION OR 28 PER CENT) AND UK (BY $251 MILLION OR 39 PER CENT).
MOST COMMODITIES RE-EXPORTED THROUGH HONG KONG EXHIBITED STRONG GROWTH, THE MORE SIGNIFICANT ONES BEING CLOTHING (BY $556 MILLION OR 41 PER CENT), MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURED ARTICLES (MAINLY MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS AND ACCESSORIES AND JEWELLERY) (BY $317 MILLION OR 27 PER CENT), ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES (BY $272 MILLION OR 14 PER CENT) AND NON-FERROUS METALS (BY $189 MILLION OR 58 PER CENT). DECREASES WERE REGISTERED IN THE RE-EXPORTS OF METALLIFEROUS ORES AND METAL SCRAP (BY $277 MILLION OR 55 PER CENT), TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $186 MILLION OR 15 PER CENT) AND TEXTILE FIBRES (OTHER THAN WOOL TOPS) AND THEIR WASTES (BY $143 MILLION OR 31 PER CENT).
THE AUGUST 1982 ISSUE OF THE HONG KONG TRADE STATISTICS SUMMARY+ WILL SOON BE AVAILABLE AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE AT HK$5 PER COPY.
A MORE COMPREHENSIVE REPORT, +HONG KONG EXTERNAL TRADE+, WITH A DETAILED ANALYSIS OF IMPORTS, EXPORTS AND RE-EXPORTS IN AUGUST WILL BE AVAILABLE IN EARLY NOVEMBER AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE AT HK$10 PER COPY.
ENQUIRIES CONCERNING SUBSCRIPTIONS TO THESE REPORTS MAY BE DIRECTED TO THE GOVERNMENT INFORMATION SERVICES AT BASKERVILLE HOUSE, HONG KONG (TEL. NO. 5-214375).