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DECREASES WERE REGISTERED IN IMPORTS FROM TAIWAN OF OFFICE, AND STATIONERY SUPPLIES (BY $20 MILLION OR 32 PER CENT) AND IN IMPORTS FROM SINGAPORE OF WATCHES AND CLOCKS (BY $143 MILLION OR 39 PER CENT). HOWEVER, IMPORTS OF TEXTILES FROM TAIWAN INCREASED (BY $1 244 MILLION OR 51 PER CENT), AS DID IMPORTS OF PETROLEUM, PETROLEUM PRODUCTS AND RELATED MATERIALS FROM SINGAPORE (BY $906 MILLION OR 28 PER CENT).
INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN RE-EXPORTS TO CHINA (BY $8 425 MILLION OR 129 PER CENT), U.S.A. (BY $2 987 MILLION OR 53 PER CENT), TAIWAN (BY $1 192 MILLION OR 58 PER CENT), JAPAN (BY $1 116 MILLION OR 61 PER CENT), THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA (SOUTH KOREA) (BY $794 MILLION OR 52 PER CENT), AUSTRALIA (BY $433 MILLION OR 85 PER CENT), MACAU (BY $356 MILLION OR 30 PER CENT) AND THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY (BY $305 MILLION OR 74 PER CENT). ON THE OTHER HAND, DECLINES WERE REGISTERED IN RE-EXPORTS TO NIGERIA (BY $274 MILLION OR 72 PER CENT) AND PHILIPPINES (BY $109 MILLION OR 11 PER CENT).
MOST COMMODITIES RE-EXPORTED THROUGH HONG KONG EXHIBITED STRONG GROWTH, THE MORE SIGNIFICANT ONES BEING TEXTILES (BY $3 302 MILLION OR 72 PER CENT), ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES, AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF (BY $2 471 MILLION OR 88 PER CENT), CLOTHING (BY $1 395 MILLION OR 50 PER CENT) AND MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURED ARTICLES (BY $1 250 MILLION OR 69 PER CENT). DECREASES WERE REGISTERED IN RE-EXPORTS OF OIL SEEDS AND OLEAGINOUS FRUIT (BY $96 MILLION OR 41 PER CENT), TRANSPORT EQUIPMENT OTHER THAN ROAD AND AIR-CUSHION VEHICLES (BY $42 MILLION OR 22 PER CENT), AND METALLIFEROUS ORES AND METAL SCRAP (BY $30 MILLION OR 28 PER CENT).
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