MONDAY, APRIL 16, 1984
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MOST COMMODITIES RE-EXPORTED THROUGH HONG KONG EXHIBITED STRONG GROWTH, THE MORE SIGNIFICANT ONES BEING TEXTILES (BY $757 MILLION OR 87 PER CENT), ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES, AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF (BY $552 MILLION OR 108 PER CENT), CLOTHING (BY $405 MILLION OR 70 PER CENT) AND TEXTILE FIBRES (OTHER THAN WOOL TOPS) AND THEIR WASTES (NOT MANUFACTURED INTO YARN OR FABRIC) (BY $187 MILLION OR 175 PER CENT). DECREASES WERE REGISTERED IN THE RE-EXPORTS OF OIL SEEDS AND OLEAGINOUS FRUIT (BY $74 MILLION OR 77 PER CENT), METALLIFEROUS ORES AND METAL SCRAP (BY $21 MILLION OR 53 PER CENT) AND ROAD VEHICLES (INCLUDING AIR-CUSHION VEHICLES) (BY $19 MILLION OR 5 PER CENT).
(CHANGES IN RE-EXPORTS BY MAJOR COMMODITY DIVISIONS ARE GIVEN IN TABLE 6.)
THE FEBRUARY 1984 ISSUE OF THE HONG KONG TRADE STATISTICS SUMMARY+ WILL BE ON SALE LATER THIS MONTH AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE AT HK$5 PER COPY.
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A MORE COMPREHENSIVE REPORT, +HONG KONG EXTERNAL TRADE+, WITH A DETAILED ANALYSIS OF IMPORTS, EXPORTS AND RE-EXPORTS IN FEBRUARY 1984 WILL BE ON SALE IN EARLY MAY,, AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE AT HK$10 PER COPY.
ENQUIRIES CONCERNING SUBSCRIPTIONS TO THESE REPORTS MAY BE DIRECTED TO THE INFORMATION SERVICES DEPARTMENT AT BASKERVILLE HOUSE, HONG KONG (TEL. NO. 5-214375). ENQUIRIES CONCERNING TRADE STATISTICS MAY BE DIRECTED TO THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT (TEL. NO. 5-444436).
FOLLOWING ARE THE TABLES:
TABLE 1: DOMESTIC EXPORTS BY TEN MAJOR MARKETS
JAN.-FEB.
1984
MAJOR MARKETS
($ MN)
JAN.-FEB. 1983 ($ MN)
INCREASE
PERCENTAGE CHANGE
($ MN)
(%)
U.S.A.
7 542
4 627
+2 914
+63
F.R. OF GERMANY
1 441
1 035
405
+39
U.K.
1 338
922
416
+45
CHINA
1 199
635
564
+89
JAPAN
609
425
184
+43
CANADA
583
412
+
171
+42
AUSTRALIA
556
357
199
+56
/SINGAPORE