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THE CHANGES IN RE-EXPORTS TO THE 10 MAJOR MARKETS ARE GIVEN IN TABLE 5.
MOST COMMODITIES RE-EXPORTED THROUGH HONG KONG EXHIBITED STRONG GROWTH, THE MORE SIGNIFICANT ONES BEING CLOTHING (BY $1 020 MILLION OR 47 PER CENT); ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES, AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF (BY $774 MILLION OR 31 PER CENT); PHOTOGRAPHIC APPARATUS, EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES, OPTICAL GOODS AND WATCHES AND CLOCKS (BY $666 MILLION OR 29 PER CENT) AND MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURED ARTICLES (BY $434 MILLION OR 26 PER CENT).
DECREASES WERE REGISTERED IN THE RE-EXPORTS OF ROAD VEHICLES INCLUDING AIR CUSHION VEHICLES) (BY $282 MILLION OR 17 PER CENT), METALL IFEROUS ORES AND METAL SCRAP (BY $123 MILLION OR 52 PER CENT); AND NON-METALLIC MINERAL MANUFACTURES (BY $60 MILLION OR THREE PER CENT).
THE CHANGES IN RE-EXPORTS BY MAJOR COMMODITY DIVISIONS ARE GIVEN IN TABLE 6.
THE SEPTEMBER 1983 ISSUE OF +HONG KONG TRADE STATISTICS SUMMARY+ WILL BE AVAILABLE AROUND NOVEMBER 17 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 SEPTEMBER 1983 WILL BE AVAILABLE IN EARLY DECEMBER 1983 AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE AT HK$10 PER COPY.
ENQUIRIES CONCERNING SUBSCRIPTIONS TO THESE REPORTS MAY BE DIRECTED TO THE GOVERNMENT INFORMATION SERVICES AT BASKERVILLE HOUSE, HONG KONG (TEL. NO.
5-214375).
ENQUIRIES CONCERNING TRADE STATISTICS MAY BE DIRECTED TO THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT (TEL. NO. ■ 5-444436).
TABLE 1: DOMESTIC EXPORTS BY TEN MAJOR MARKETS
MAJOR
JAN.-SEPT. 1983
MARKETS
($ MN)
JAN.-SEPT. 1982 ($ MN)
INCREASE/ DECREASE
PERCENTAGE CHANGE
($ MN)
(%)
U.S.A.
30 305
22 657
+7 648
+34
U.K.
5 932
5 140
+
792
+15
F.R. OF GERMANY
5 566
5 043
524
+10
CHINA
4 156
2 758
+1 398
+51
JAPAN
2 677
2 339
338
+14
CANADA
2 648
1 904
744
+39
/AUSTRALIA