THURSDAY, AUGUST 11, 1983
DECREASES WERE REGISTERED IN IMPORTS FROM TAIWAN OF TEXTILES (BY $111 MILLION OR SIX PER CENT) AND IN IMPORTS FROM SINGAPORE OF PETROLEUM, PETROLEUM PRODUCTS AND RELATED MATERIALS (BY $1 038 MILLION OR 30 PER CENT). HOWEVER, IMPORTS OF ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES, AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF FROM TAIWAN INCREASED (BY $76 MILLION OR 10 PER CENT) AND IMPORTS OF ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES, AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF FROM SINGAPORE ALSO INCREASED (BY $148 MILLION OR 46 PER CENT).
TABLE 4 ILLUSTRATES THE MORE IMPORTANT CHANGES IN BY COMMODITY SECTIONS.
IMPORTS
INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN RE-EXPORTS TO THE U.S.A. (BY $729 MILLION OR 28 PER CENT), SINGAPORE (BY $368 MILLION ÖR 22 PER CENT), REPUBLIC OF KOREA (SOUTH KOREA) (BY $332 MILLION OR 41 PER CENT), SAUDI ARABIA (BY $248 MILLION OR 62 PER CENT), CHINA (BY $182 MILLION OR FOUR PER CENT), TAIWAN (BY $157 MILLION OR 12 PER CENT), MACAU (BY $144 MILLION OR 20 PER CENT) AND NETHERLANDS (BY $131 MILLION OR 154 PER CENT). ON THE OTHER HAND, DECLINES WERE REGISTERED IN RE-EXPORTS TO NIGERIA (BY $189 MILLION OR 36 PER CENT) AND INDONESIA (BY $158 MILLION OR SEVEN PER CENT).
THE CHANGES IN RE-EXPORTS TO THE TEN MAJOR MARKETS ARE GIVEN IN TABLE 5.
MOST COMMODITIES RE-EXPORTED THROUGH HONG KONG EXHIBITED STRONG GROWTH, THE MORE SIGNIFICANT ONES BEING CLOTHING (BY $619 MILLION OR 47 PER CENT), PHOTOGRAPHIC APPARATUS, EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES, OPTICAL GOODS AND WATCHES AND CLOCKS (BY $366 MILLION OR 25 PER CENT), ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES, AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF (BY $307 MILLION OR 19 PER CENT), MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURED ARTICLES (BY $180 MILLION OR 16 PER CENT). DECREASES WERE REGISTERED IN THE RE-EXPORTS OF TEXTILES (BY $197 MILLION OR SIX PER CENT), ROAD VEHICLES (INCLUDING AIR CUSHION VEHICLES) (BY $186 MILLION OR 16 PER CENT) AND NON-METALLIC MINERAL MANUFACTURES (BY $82 MILLION OR SEVEN PER CENT).
THE CHANGES IN RE-EXPORTS BY MAJOR COMMODITY DIVISIONS ARE GIVEN IN TABLE 6.
THE JUNE 1983 ISSUE OF THE +HONG KONG TRADE STATISTICS - SUMMARY+ WILL BE AVAILABLE SHORTLY 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
AT RE-EXPORTS IN JUNE 1983 WILL BE AVAILABLE IN EARLY SEPTEMBER, HK$10 PER COPY.
ENQUIRIES CONCERNING SUBSCRIPTIONS TO THESE REPORTS MAY BE DIRECTED TO THE INFORMATION SERVICES DEPARTMENT AT BASKERVILLE HOUSE, HONG KONG (TEL, NO. 5-214375). ENQUIRIES CONCERNING TRADE STATISTICS MAY BE DIRECTED TO THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT (TEL. NO. 5-444436).
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