TUESDAY, JULY 17, 1984
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MOST COMMODITIES RE-EXPORTED THROUGH HONG KONG EXHIBITED STRONG GROWTH, THE MORE SIGNIFICANT ONES BEING TEXTILES (BY $1 990 MILLION OR 75 PER CENT), ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES, AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF (BY $1 535 MILLION OR 100 PER CENT), CLOTHING (BY $986 MILLION OR 64 PER CENT), AND MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURED ARTICLES (BY $599 MILLION OR 58 PER CENT).
DECREASES WERE REGISTERED IN THE RE-EXPORTS OF OIL SEEDS AND OLEAGINOUS FRUIT (BY $88 MILLION OR 48 PER CENT), OTHER TRANSPORT EQUIPMENT (BY $28 MILLION OR 22 PER CENT), AND METALL IFEROUS ORES AND METAL SCRAP (BY $17 MILLION OR 26 PER CENT).
THE CHANGES IN RE-EXPORTS BY MAJOR COMMODITY DIVISIONS ARE GIVEN IN TABLE 6.
THE MAY 1984 ISSUE OF THE HONG KONG TRADE STATISTICS SUMMARY+ WILL BE AVAILABLE LATER THIS MONTH AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE AT $5 PER COPY.
A MORE COMPREHENSIVE REPORT, +HONG KONG EXTERNAL TRADE+, WITH A DETAILED ANALYSIS OF IMPORTS, EXPORTS AND RE-EXPORTS IN MAY 1984, WILL BE AVAILABLE IN EARLY AUGUST 1984 AT THE SAME CENTRE AT $12 PER COPY.
ENQUIRIES CONCERNING SUBSCRIPTIONS TO THESE REPORTS MAY BE DIRECTED TO THE GOVERNMENT INFORMATION SERVICES AT BASKERVILLE HOUSE, HONG KONG (TEL. NO.: 5-214375).
ENQUIRIES CONCERNING TRADE STATISTICS MAY BE DIRECTED TO THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT (TEL. NO. : 5-444436).
TABLE 1: DOMESTIC EXPORTS BY TEN MAJOR MARKETS
JAN.-MAY.
1984
PERCENTAGE
MAJOR MARKETS
U.S.A.
JAN.-MAY.
1983
($ MN)
($ MN)
INCREASE ($ MN)
CHANGE
(%)
22 179
13 669
+8 510
+62
U.K.
3 730
2 641
+1 088
+41
CHINA
3 652
1 988
+1 664
+84
F.R. OF GERMANY
3 619
2 602
+1 017
+39
JAPAN
1 858
1 298
560
+43
CANADA
1 605
1 193
412
+35
AUSTRALIA
1 413
877
536
+61
SINGAPORE
1 089
808
281
+35
NETHERLANDS
889
704
185
+26
SWITZERLAND
774
581
193
+33
/TABLE 2 :