MONDAY, MARCH 12, 1984
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INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN RE-EXPORTS TO CHINA (BY $1 021 MILLION OR 169 PER CENT), UNITED STATES (BY $440 MILLION OR 85 PER CENT), TAIWAN (BY $171 MILLION OR 91 PER CENT), JAPAN (BY $130 MILLION OR 70 PER CENT), REPUBLIC OF KOREA (SOUTH KOREA) (BY $112 MILLION OR 80 PER CENT), SINGAPORE (BY $49 MILLION OR 14 PER CENT), DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF KOREA (BY $47 MILLION OR 328 PER CENT) AND CANADA (BY $41 MILLION OR 103 PER CENT). ON THE OTHER HAND, DECLINES WERE REGISTERED IN RE-EXPORTS TO INDONESIA (BY $86 MILLION OR 20 PER CENT) AND NIGERIA (BY 65 MILLION OR 77 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 TEXTILES (BY $452 MILLION OR 105 PER CENT), ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF (BY $300 MILLION OR 111 PER CENT), CLOTHING (BY $244 MILLION OR 81 PER CENT) AND MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURED ARTICLES (BY $141 MILLION OR 77 PER CENT). DECREASES WERE REGISTERED IN THE RE-EXPORTS OF OIL SEEDS AND OLEAGINOUS FRUIT (BY $22 MILLION OR 58 PER CENT), NON-FERROUS METALS (BY $11 MILLION OR 17 PER CENT) AND METALLIFEROUS ORES AND METAL SCRAP (BY $11 MILLION OR 52 PER CENT). THE CHANGES IN RE- EXPORTS BY MAJOR COMMODITY DIVISIONS ARE GIVEN IN TABLE 6.
THE JANUARY 1984 ISSUE OF THE HONG KONG TRADE STATISTICS SUMMARY WILL SOON BE AVAILABLE AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS
+HONG CENTRE AT HK$5 PER COPY. A MORE COMPREHENSIVE REPORT. KONG EXTERNAL TRADE+, WITH A DETAILED ANALYSIS OF IMPORTS, EXPORTS AND RE-EXPORTS IN JANUARY 1984 WILL BE AVAILABLE IN EARLY APRIL 1984, AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE AT HK$10 PER COPY.
ENQUIRIES CONCERNING SUBSCRIPTIONS TO THESE REPORTS MAY BE DIRECTED TO THE INFORMATION SERVICES DEPARTMENT AT BASKERVILLE HOUSE, HONG KONG (TEL. NO. 5-214375). ENQUIRIES CONCERNING TRADE STATISTICS MAY BE DIRECTED TO THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT (TEL. NO. : 5-444436).
TABLE 1 : DOMESTIC EXPORTS BY TEN MAJOR MARKETS
MAJOR MARKETS
JAN. 1984
($ MN)
JAN. 1983
($ MN)
INCREASE ($ MN)
PERCENTAGE CHANGE ( % )
U.S.A.
4 753
2 536
+2 217
+87
F.R. OF GERMANY
889
548
341
+62
U.K.
791
437
353
+81
CHINA
670
352
317
+90
JAPAN
369
230
139
+60
AUSTRALIA
359
188
171
+91
/CANADA