3.
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1984
WHEN ANALYSED BY COUNTRY OF ORIGIN AND THEN BY DESTINATION, INCREASES WERE REGISTERED IN RE-EXPORTS OF CHINA ORIGIN TO THE U.S. (UP $1 846 MILLION OR 82 PER CENT), CHINA (UP $564 MILLION OR 146 PER CENT), JAPAN (UP $528 MILLION OR 119 PER CENT) AND SOUTH KOREA (UP $287 MILLION OR 68 PER CENT). INCREASES IN RE-EXPORTS OF JAPAN ORIGIN WERE MAINLY TO CHINA (UP $1 926 MILLION OR 185 PER CENT), U.S. (UP $163 MILLION OR 81 PER CENT) AND JAPAN (UP $154 MILLION OR 123 PER CENT). SUBSTANTIAL INCREASES WERE ALSO NOTED IN RE-EXPORTS OF U.S. ORIGIN TO CHINA (UP $568 MILLION OR 99 PER CENT) AND TAIWAN (UP $288 MILLION OR 115 PER CENT).
TABLE 1 RE-EXPORTS BY 10 MAJOR MARKETS
JAN.-JUNE
1984 (HK$ MN.)
JAN.-JUNE
1983 (HK$ MN.)
INCREASE/ PERCENTAGE DECREASE
CHANGE (HK$ MN.) (%)
CHINA
10 260
4 301
+5 960
+139
U.S.A.
5 617
3 342
+2 275
+ 68
TAIWAN
2 430
1 432
999
+ 70
SINGAPORE
2 333
2 005
327
+ 16
JAP AN
2 185
1 309
876
+ 67
INDONESIA
1 954
2 036
81
4
SOUTH KOREA
1 731
1 137
594
+ 52
MACAU
1 157
878
279
+ 32
AUSTRALIA
671
357
313
+ 88
SAUDI ARABIA
666
646
20
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/TABLE 2
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