SUNDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1984
SUBMISSIONS TO THE ASSESSMENT OFFICE
IN VIEW OF THE ANXIETIES THAT HAVE BEEN EXPRESSED IT HAS BEEN DECIDED THAT SUBMISSIONS TO THE ASSESSMENT OFFICE OTHER THAN SUBMISSIONS FROM MAIN ORGANISATIONS ACTUALLY ANNEXED TO THE REPORT, WILL NOT BE SENT WITH THE REPORT TO THE SECRETARY OF STATE AS ORIGINALLY INTENDED BUT WILL BE RETAINED IN HONG KONG.
THE SUBMISSIONS NOT ANNEXED TO THE REPORT WILL BE KEPT UNDER SEAL IN THE PUBLIC RECORDS OFFICE IN HONG KONG UNTIL RAT IF ICATION OF THE JOINT DECLARATION WHICH WILL BE BEFORE 30TH JUNE 1985; AND SUBSEQUENTLY THEY WILL BE DESTROYED.
NO SUBMISSION WILL BE ANNEXED TO THE REPORT AND PUBLISHED IF THE ORGANISATION CONCERNED SO REQUESTS.
HONG KONG'S EXTERNAL TRADE FOR JANUARY
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AUGUST 1984
TOTAL MERCHANDISE TRADE FOR JANUARY - AUGUST 1984, VALUED AT $285 399 MILLION, INCREASED BY 41 PER CENT OVER TRADE FOR THE SAME PERIOD IN 1983, ACCORDING TO SUMMARY TRADE STATISTICS RELEASED BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT TODAY.
ON THE SAME BASIS OF COMPARISON, DOMESTIC EXPORTS ROSE BY 42 PER CENT TO $89 475 MILLION, IMPORTS BY 36 PER CENT TO $144 485 MILLION AND RE-EXPORTS BY 53 PER CENT TO $51 439 MILLION. DOMESTIC EXPORTS AND RE-EXPORTS TOGETHER INCREASED BY 46 PER CENT.
A COMPARISON OF FIGURES FOR THE FIRST EIGHT MONTHS OF 1984 WITH THE SAME PERIOD LAST YEAR, SHOWED DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO THE U.S.A. ROSE BY 54 PER CENT IN VALUE.
SUBSTANTIAL INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN CLOTHING (BY $5 578 MILLION OR 57 PER CENT), ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES, AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF (BY $1 512 MILLION OR 56 PER CENT) AND OFFICE MACHINES AND AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT (BY $1 480 MILLION OR 75 PER CENT). ON THE OTHER HAND, DECREASES WERE RECORDED IN TRANSISTORS AND DIODES (BY $30 MILLION OR 35 PER CENT) AND METALLIFEROUS ORES AND METAL SCRAP (BY $7 MILLION OR 64 PER CENT).
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