THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1983
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THE CHANGES IN AIRBORNE IMPORTS FROM THE 10 MAJOR SUPPLIERS ARE GIVEN IN TABLE 2.
INCREASES WERE REGISTERED IN AIRBORNE IMPORTS OF THERMIONIC, COLD CATHODE AND PHOTO-CATHODE VALVES AND TUBES, PHOTOCELLS, TRANSISTORS AND PARTS (BY $1 095 MILLION OR 52 PER CENT); WATCHES AND CLOCKS (BY $485 MILLION OR 17 PER CENT); ELECTRICAL APPARATUS FOR MAKING AND BREAKING OR FOR PROTECTING ELECTRICAL CIRCUITS (BY $177 MILLION OR 98 PER CENT); PARTS AND ACCESSORIES OF OFFICE MACHINES AND AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING MACHINES (BY $171 MILLION OR 29 PER CENT); ELECTRICAL MACHINERY AND APPARATUS (BY $121 MILLION OR 43 PER CENT).
IN CONTRAST, DECREASES WERE NOTED IN THE SUPPLY BY AIR OF PEARLS, PRECIOUS AND SEMI-PRECIOUS STONES (BY $538 MILLION OR 26 PER CENT); AND SILVER, PLATINUM AND OTHER METALS OF THE PLATINUM GROUP (BY $68 MILLION OR 81 PER CENT).
GROWTH WAS RECORDED IN THERMIONIC, COLD CATHODE AND PHOTO- CATHODE VALVES AND TUBES, PHOTOCELLS AND TRANSISTORS FROM JAPAN (BY $525 MILLION OR 129 PER CENT) AND THE U.S. (BY $479 MILLION OR 112 PER CENT); AS WELL AS IN WATCHES AND CLOCKS FROM JAPAN (BY $171 MILLION OR 13 PER CENT) AND SWITZERLAND (BY $133 MILLION OR 21 PER CENT).
ON THE OTHER HAND, DECREASES WERE REGISTERED IN PEARLS, PRECIOUS AND SEMI-PRECIOUS STONES FROM THE U.S. (BY $220 MILLION OR 50 PER CENT), FROM SWITZERLAND (BY $39 MILLION OR 47 PER CENT), AND FROM JAPAN (BY $36 MILLION OR 30 PER CENT).
AIRBORNE RE-EXPORTS EXPERIENCED CONSIDERABLE GROWTH IN THE FIRST HALF OF 1983.
INCREASES IN VALUE WERE REGISTERED FOR WATCHES AND CLOCKS (BY $284 MILLION OR 31 PER CENT); THERMIONIC, COLD CATHODE AND PHOTO-CATHODE VALVES AND TUBES, PHOTOCELLS, TRANSISTORS AND PARTS (BY $249 MILLION OR 30 PER CENT); AND CLOTHING (BY $108 MILLION OR 77 PER CENT).
ON THE OTHER HAND, AIRBORNE RE-EXPORTS OF PEARLS, PRECIOUS AND SEMI-PRECIOUS STONES, DECREASED SUBSTANTIALLY (BY $300 MILLION OR 31 PER CENT).
THE U.S. WAS THE LARGEST MARKET FOR HONG KONG'S AIRBORNE RE-EXPORTS, WITH A VALUE OF $920 MILLION (AN INCREASE OF $38 MILLION OR FOUR PER CENT).
NOTABLE INCREASES WERE ALSO REGISTERED IN AIRBORNE RE-EXPORTS TO SINGAPORE (BY $258 MILLION OR 43 PER CENT), CHINA (BY $136 MILLION OF 85 PER CENT), TAIWAN (BY $136 MILLION OR 22 PER CENT) AND THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA (BY $114 MILLION OR 82 PER CENT).
ON THE OTHER HAND, AIRBORNE RE-EXPORTS TO BELGIUM AND JAPAN DECREASED CONSIDERABLY (BY $43 MILLION OR 36 PER CENT AND $26 MILLION OR FIVE PER CENT).
FURTHER DETAILS ARE CONTAINED IN A COMPREHENSIVE REPORT +HONG KONG EXTERNAL TRADE+. THE JUNE 1983 ISSUE WILL BE AVAILABLE AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE IN EARLY SEPTEMBER.
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