MANUFACTURED GOODS
CLASSIFIED CHIEFLY BY MATERIAL (MAINLY TEXTILE PRODUCTS, DIAMONDS, IRON AND STEEL, AND PAPER)
+
JAN. 1983
($ MN)
JAN
AN MNY
TAN. 1982
SUNDAY, APRIL 3, 1983
INCREASE/ DECREASE ($ MN)
PERCENTAGE CHANGE
2 910
2 720
+190
+ 7
MACHINERY AND
TRANSPORT EQUIPMENT
2 507
2 134
+372
+17
MISCELLANEOUS
MANUFACTURED ARTICLES
(MAINLY WATCHES AND
CLOCKS, ARTICLES OF
APPAREL)
1 999
1 572
+427
+27
FOOD AND LIVE ANIMALS
CHIEFLY FOR FOOD
1 514
1 253
+260
+21
MINERAL FUELS, LUBRICANTS AND RELATED MATERIALS
938
970
32
· 3
CHEMICALS AND RELATED
PRODUCTS
868
661
+208
+31
INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN RE-EXPORTS TO INDONESIA (BY $126 MILLION OR 42 PER CENT), SINGAPORE (BY $100 MILLION OR 40 PER CENT) THE U.S.A. (BY $99 MILLION OR 23 PER CENT), MACAU (BY $37 MILLION OR 36 PER CENT), MALAYSIA, WEST (BY $36 MILLIÓN OR 83 PER CENT) VIETNAM (BY $35 MILLION OR 160 PER CENT), REPUBLIC OF KOREA (SOUTH KOREA) (BY $34 MILLION OR 32 PER CENT), AND SAUDI ARABIA (BY $32 MILLION OR 71 PER CENT).
MOST COMMODITIES RE-EXPORTED THROUGH HONG KONG EXHIBITED STRONG GROWTH, THE MORE SIGNIFICANT ONES BEING CLOTHING (BY $96 MILLION OR 46 PER CENT), VEGETABLES AND FRUIT (BY $42 MILLION OR 46 PER CENT), PHOTOGRAPHIC APPARATUS, EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES AND OPTICAL GOODS AND WATCHES AND CLOCKS (BY $41 MILLION OR 18 PER CENT) AND ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES (BY $41 MILLION OR 18 PER CENT). DECREASES WERE REGISTERED IN THE RE-EXPORTS OF TEXTILES (BY $154 MILLION OR 26 PER CENT), NON-METALLIC MINERAL MANUFACTURES (BY $38 MILLION CR 20 PER CENT) AND MACHINERY SPECIALIZED FOR PARTICULAR INDUSTRIES (BY $23 MILLION CR 25 PER CENT).
THE JANUARY 1983 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 JANUARY, WILL BE AVAILABLE IN EARLY APRIL 1983 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).