MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1964
INCREASES WERE REGISTERED IN AIRBORNE IMPORTS OF THERMIONIC, COLD CATHODE AND PHOTO-CATHODE VALVES AND TUBES, PHOTOCELLS TRANSISTORS AND PARTS (BY $2 066 MILLION OR 65 PER CENT), OFFICE MACHINES AND AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT (BY $736 MILLION OR 64 PER CENT), PEARL, PRECIOUS AND SEMI-PRECIOUS STONES (BY $467 MILLION OR 30 PER CENT), FURSKINS, TANNED OR DRESSED (BY $328 MILLION OR 107 PER CENT) AND WATCHES AND CLOCKS (BY $315 MILLION OR NINE PER CENT). IN CONTRAST, DECREASES WERE NOTED IN IMPORTS BY AIR OF AIRCRAFT AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT (BY $337 MILLION OR 65 PER CENT), AND BABY CARRIAGES, TOYS, GAMES AND SPORTING GOODS (BY $106 MILLION OR 59 PER CENT).
GROWTH WAS RECORDED IN AIRBORNE IMPORTS OF THERMIONIC, COLD CATHODE AND PHOTO-CATHODE VALVES AND TUBES, PHOTOCELLS AND TRANSISTORS FROM JAPAN (BY $646 MILLION OR 69 PER CENT) AND THE U.S. (BY $637 MILLION OR 70 PER CENT), AS WELL AS IN OFFICE MACHINES AND AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT FROM THE U.S. (BY $445 MILLION OR 58 PER CENT) AND JAPAN (BY $98 MILLION OR 57 PER CENT). ON THE OTHER HAND, DECREASES WERE REGISTERED IN AIRBORNE IMPORTS OF AIRCRAFT AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT FROM THE U.S. (BY $330 MILLION OR 71 PER CENT), FROM JAPAN (BY $19 MILLION OR 100 PER CENT), AND FROM AUSTRALIA (BY $6 MILLION OR 66 PER CENT).
AIRBORNE RE-EXPORTS EXPERIENCED CONSIDERABLE GROWTH IN THE FIRST HALF OF 1984. CONSIDERABLE INCREASES IN VALUE WERE REGISTERED FOR THERMIONIC, COLD CATHODE AND PHOTO-CATHODE VALVES AND TUBES, PHOTOCELLS, TRANSISTORS AND PARTS (BY $1 300 MILLION OR 120 PER CENT) AND CLOTHING (BY $308 MILLION OR 124 PER CENT) AND PEARLS, PRECIOUS AND SEMI-PRECIOUS STONES (BY $154 MILLION OR 23 PER CENT). HOWEVER, AIRBORNE RE-EXPORTS OF PARTS AND ACCESSORIES OF OFFICE MACHINES AND AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING MACHINES DECREASED (BY $50 MILLION OR 20 PER CENT).
THE U.S. WAS THE LARGEST MARKET FOR HONG KONG'S AIRBORNE RE-EXPORTS, WITH A VALUE OF $1 634 MILLION (AN INCREASE OF $714 MILLION OR 78 PER CENT). NOTABLE INCREASES WERE ALSO REGISTERED IN AIRBORNE RE-EXPORTS TO TAIWAN (BY $617 MILLION OR 83 PER CENT), JAPAN (BY $284 MILLION OR 52 PER CENT), CHINA (BY $254 MILLION OR 85 PER CENT) AND THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA (BY $219 MILLION OR 86 PER CENT).
ON THE OTHER HAND, AIRBORNE RE-EXPORTS TO ISRAEL AND KUWAIT DECREASED CONSIDERABLY (BY $51 MILLION OR 44 PER CENT AND $23 MILLION OR 24 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY).
FURTHER DETAILS ARE CONTAINED IN THE COMPREHENSIVE REPORT +HONG KONG EXTERNAL TRADE, FOR JUNE 1984, NOW ON SALE AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE.
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