SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1984
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THE CHANGES IN RE-EXPORTS BY MAJOR COMMODITY DIVISIONS ARE GIVEN IN TABLE 6.
MOST COMMODITIES RE-EXPORTED THROUGH HONG KONG EXHIBITED STRONG GROWTH, THE MORE SIGNIFICANT ONES BEING TEXTILES (BY $3 694 MILLION OR 69 PER CENT), ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES, AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF (BY $2 761 MILLION OR 85 PER CENT), MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURED ARTICLES (BY $1 524 MILLION OR 71 PER CENT) AND CLOTHING (BY $1 492 MILLION OR 47 PER CENT). DECREASES WERE REGISTERED IN RE-EXPORTS OF OIL SEEDS AND OLEAGINOUS FRUIT (BY $105 MILLION OR 42 PER CENT), TRANSPORT EQUIPMENT OTHER THAN ROAD AND AIR-CUSHION VEHICLES (BY $38 MILLION OR 18 PER CENT) AND METALL IFEROUS ORES AND METAL SCRAP (BY $33 MILLION OR 28 PER CENT).
TABLE 1: DOMESTIC EXPORTS BY TEN MAJOR MARKETS
MAJOR MARKETS
JAN.-SEPT. 1984
($ MN)
JAN.-SEPT. 1983 ($ MN)
INCREASE ($ MN)
PERCENTAGE CHANGE
U.S.A.
46 158
30 305
+15 854
+ 52
U.K.
7 522
5 932
+ 1 591
+ 27
CHINA
7 490
4 156
+ 3 334
+ 80
F.R. OF GERMANY
7 056
5 566
+ 1 489
+ 27
JAPAN
3 856
2 677
+ 1 179
+ 44
CANADA
3 386
2 648
738
+ 28
AUSTRALIA
2 805
1 897
908
+ 48
SINGAPORE
1 968
1 567
402
+ 26
NETHERLANDS
1 793
1 373
420
+ 31
SWITZERLAND
1 441
1 152
289
+ 25
TABLE 2: DOMESTIC EXPORTS BY MAJOR COMMODITY DIVISIONS
COMMODITY
JAN,-SEPT. 1984
DIVISIONS
($ MN)
JAN.-SEPT. 1983 ($ MN)
INCREASE ($ MN)
PERCENTAGE CHANGE
ARTICLES OF
34 647
24 067
+10 580
44
APPAREL AND
CLOTHING
ACCESSORIES
MISCELLANEOUS