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SUNDAY, JANUARY 13, 1985
MOST COMMODITIES RE-EXPORTED THROUGH HONG KONG EXHIBITED STRONG GROWTH, THE MORE SIGNIFICANT ONES BEING TEXTILES
(BY $4 447 MILL KON OR 64 PER CENT), ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES, AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF (BY $3 197 MILLION OR 73 PER CENT, MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURED ARTICLES
(BY $2 018 MILLION OR 71 PER CENT) AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT
(BY $1 774 MILLION OR 90 PER CENT). DECREASES WERE REGISTERED
IN RE-EXPORTS OF OIL SEEDS AND OLEAGINOUS FRUIT (BY $143 MILLION OR 48 PER CENT), TRANSPORT EQUIPMENT OTHER THAN ROAD AND AIR-CUSHION VEHICLES (BY $69 MILLION OR 25 PER CENT) AND MEAT AND MEAT PREPARATIONS (BY $28 MILLION OR 19 PER CENT).
THE NOVEMBER 1984 ISSUE OF THE +HONG KONG TRADE STATISTICS SUMMARY+ WILL BE AVAILABLE AROUND JANUARY 20 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 NOVEMBER 1984, WILL BE AVAILABLE IN EARLY FEBRUARY AT THE CENTRE AT $12 PER COPY.
ENQUIRIES CONCERNING SUBSCRIPTIONS TO THESE REPORTS MAY BE DIRECTED TO THE GOVERNMENT INFORMATION SERVICES AT BASKERVILLE HOUSE, HONG KONG (TEL. NO. 5-214375). ENQUIRIES CONCERNING TRADE STATISTICS MAY BE DIRECTED TO THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT (TEL. NO. 5-444436).
TABLE 1: DOMESTIC EXPORTS BY TEN MAJOR MARKETS
JAN.-NOV.
1984
INCREASE
JAN,-NOV.
1983
MAJOR MARKETS
($ MN)
($ MN)
(NW $)
PERCENTAGE CHANGE
U.S.A.
56 933
39 495
+17 438
+44
CHINA
9 836
5 501
+ 4 334
+79
U.K.
9 480
7 542
+ 1 939
+26
F.R. OF GERMANY
8 450
6 969
+ 1 481
+21
JAPAN
4 765
3 510
+ 1 255
+36
CANADA
4 103
3 381
722
+21
AUSTRAL FA
3 522
2 588
934
+36
SINGAPORE
2 419
2 009
410
+23
NETHERLANDS
2 152
1 710
442
+26
SWITZERLAND
1 797
1 479
+
319
+22
/TABLE 2: