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MONDAY, APRIL 4, 1983
1982 RE-EXPORT TRADE HITS NEW HIGH
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THE VALUE OF HONG KONG'S RE-EXPORT TRADE REACHED A RECORD OF HK$44 353 MILLION IN 1982, AN INCREASE OF SIX PER CENT OVER 1981, ACCORDING TO DETAILED FIGURES RELEASED TODAY BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.
RE-EXPORTS BY MARKET
THE FOLLOWING TABLE SHOWS THE CHANGES IN HONG KONG'S RE-EXPORTS TO THE TEN MAJOR MARKETS:-
INCREASE/ DECREASE (HK$ MN.)
PERCENTAGE CHANGE
(%)
1982 (HK$ MN.)
1981 (HK$ MN.)
CHINA
7 992
8 044
-
- 52
+
U.S.A.
5 615
4 785
+830
+17
INDONESIA
4 615
4 272
+343
+
SINGAPORE
3 648
3 243
+405
+12
TAIWAN
2 662
2 420
+242
+10
JAPAN
2 566
2 792
-226
8
REPUBLIC OF KOREA
(SOUTH KOREA)
1 699
1 401
+298
+21
MACAU
1 588
1 407
+181
+13
PHILIPPINES
1 484
1 294
+191
+15
SAUDI ARABIA
941
582
+359
+62
CHINA WAS ONCE AGAIN THE LARGEST MARKET FOR HONG KONG'S RE-EXPORTS, BUT RECEIVED $52 MILLION (OR ONE PER CENT) LESS RE-EXPORTS IN 1982.
NOTABLE DECREASES WERE RECORDED IN TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $631 MILLION OR 61%), AND TEXTILES (BY $500 MILLION OR 16%).
ON THE OTHER HAND, INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN CRUDE ANIMAL AND VEGETABLE MATERIALS (BY $175 MILLION OR 81%), AND MACHINERY SPECIALISED FOR PARTICULAR INDUSTRIES (BY $155 MILLION OR 48%).
SUBSTANTIAL INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN RE-EXPORTS TO THE U.S.A. (BY $830 MILLION OR 17%), THE SECOND LARGEST MARKET FOR HONG KONG'S RE-EXPORTS.
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