SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1983
3.
DECREASES WERE REGISTERED IN THE RE-EXPORTS OF ROAD VEHICLES (INCLUDING AIR CUSHION VEHICLES) (BY $268 MILLION OR 20 PER CENT); NON-METALLIC MINERAL MANUFACTURES (BY $126 MILLION OR 9 PER CENT) AND METALLIFEROUS ORES AND METAL SCRAP (BY $99 MILLION OR 49 PER CENT).
THE CHANGES IN RE-EXPORTS BY MAJOR COMMODITY DIVISIONS ARE GIVEN IN TABLE 6.
THE JULY 1983 ISSUE OF THE HONG KONG TRADE STATISTICS - SUMMARY+ WILL SOON BE ON SALE 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 ÎN JULY 1983 WILL BE ON SALE IN EARLY OCTOBER AT HK$10 PER COPY.
ENQUIRIES CONCERNING SUBSCRIPTIONS TO THESE REPORTS MAY BE DIRECTED TO THE GOVERNMENT INFORMATION SERVICES AT BASKERVILLE HOUSE, HONG KONG (TEL. NO. 5-214375).
ENQUIRIES CONCERNING TRADE STATISTICS MAY BE DIRECTED TO THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT (TEL. NO. 5-444436).
THE FOLLOWING ARE THE SIX TABLES:
TABLE 1 DOMESTIC EXPORTS BY TEN MAJOR MARKETS
PERCENTAGE CHANGE
MAJOR MARKETS
JAN-JULY 1983
($ MN)
JAN-JULY 1982
($ MN)
INCREASE/ DECREASE
($ MN)
(%)
U.S.A.
21 970
16 951
+5 018
+30
U.K.
4 294
3 812
482
+13
F.R. OF
4 077
3 802
275
7
GERMANY
CHINA
2 998
2 124
874
+41
JAPAN
1 925
1 637
288
+18
CANADA
1 888
1 402
486
+35
AUSTRALIA
1 329
1 564
235
-15
SINGAPORE
1 176
1 079
97
+9
NETHERLANDS 1 052
931
120
+13
FRANCE
890
836
54
6
/TABLE 2 :