WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1984
INCREASES IN IMPORTS FROM THE U.S.A. WERE MOSTLY OF ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES, AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF (BY $1 187 MILLION OR 45 PER CENT), OFFICE MACHINES AND AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT (BY $832 MILLION OR 57 PER CENT), AND TEXTILE FIBRES (OTHER THAN WOOL TOPS) AND THEIR WASTES (BY $427 MILLION OR 218 PER CENT). ON THE OTHER HAND, DECREASES WERE REGISTERED IN IMPORTS OF PETROLEUM, PETROLEUM PRODUCTS AND RELATED MATERIALS (BY $249 MILLION OR 39 PER CENT), AND MANUFACTURES OF METAL (BY $80 MILLION OR 16 PER CENT).
DECREASES WERE REGISTERED IN IMPORTS FROM TAIWAN OF OFFICE AND STATIONERY SUPPLIES (BY $25 MILLION OR 32 PER CENT) AND IN IMPORTS FROM SINGAPORE OF WATCHES AND CLOCKS (BY $183 MILLION OR 41 PER CENT). HOWEVER, IMPORTS OF TEXTILES FROM TAIWAN INCREASED (BY $1 527 MILLION OR 48 PER CENT), AS DID IMPORTS OF PETROLEUM, PETROLEUM PRODUCTS AND RELATED MATERIALS FROM SINGAPORE (BY $600 MILLION OR 12 PER CENT).
INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN RE-EXPORTS TO CHINA (BY $11 510 MILLION OR 128 PER CENT), U.S.A. (BY $3 648 MILLION OR 58 PER CENT) TAIWAN (BY $1 351 MILLION OR 49 PER CENT), JAPAN (BY $1 285 MILLION OR 52 PER CENT), THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA (SOUTH KOREA) (BY $924 MILLION OR 47 PER CENT), AUSTRALIA (BY $464 MILLION OR 65 PER CENT), MACAU (BY $401 MILLION OR 26 PER CENT) AND THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY (BY $314 MILLION OR 55 PER CENT). ON THE OTHER HAND, DECLINES WERE REGISTERED IN RE-EXPORTS TO NIGERIA (BY $296 MILLION OR 67 PER CENT) AND PHILIPPINES (BY $173 MILLION OR 12 PER CENT).
MOST COMMODITIES RE-EXPORTED THROUGH HONG KONG EXHIBITED STRONG GROWTH, THE MORE SIGNIFICANT ONES BEING TEXTILES (BY $4 065 MILLION OR 66 PER CENT), ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES, AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF (BY $2 999 MILLION OR 79 PER CENT), MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURED ARTICLES (BY $1 757 MILLION OR 71 PER CENT) AND CLOTHING (BY $1 571 MILLION OR 43 PER CENT). DECREASES WERE REGISTERED IN RE-EXPORTS OF OIL SEEDS AND OLEAGINOUS FRUIT (BY $123 MILLION OR 45 PER CENT), TRANSPORT EQUIPMENT OTHER THAN ROAD AND AIR-CUSHION VEHICLES (BY $43 MILLION OR 18 PER CENT) AND METALL IFEROUS ORES AND METAL SCRAP (BY $32 MILLION OR 25 PER CENT).
THE OCTOBER 1984 ISSUE OF THE +HONG KONG TRADE STATISTICS - SUMMARY+ WILL BE AVAILABLE LATER THIS MONTH AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE AT $5 PER COPY.
A MORE COMPREHENSIVE REPORT, HONG KONG EXTERNAL TRADE+, WITH A DETAILED ANALYSIS OF IMPORTS, EXPORTS AND RE-EXPORTS IN OCTOBER 1984 WILL BE AVAILABLE IN JANUARY 1985 AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE AT $12 PER COPY.
ENQUIRIES CONCERNING SUBSCRIPTIONS TO THESE REPORTS MAY BE DIRECTED TO THE GOVERNMENT INFORMATION SERVICES AT BASKERVILLE HOUSE, HONG KONG (TEL. NO.: 5-214375).
ENQUIRIES CONCERNING TRADE STATISTICS MAY BE DIRECTED TO THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT (TEL. NO. : 5-444436).
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