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SUBSTANTIAL INCREASE WAS ALSO RECORDED IN RE-EXPORTS TO THE U.S.A. (BY $4 081 MILLION OR 51 PER CENT), THE SECOND LARGEST MARKET FOR HONG KONG'S RE-EXPORTS. THE COMMODITIES WITH SIGNIFICANT INCREASES WERE MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURED ARTICLES, MAINLY PLASTIC TOYS (EXCLUDING DOLLS), NOT CONTAINING ELECTRIC MOTOR (BY $1 349 MILLION OR 128 PER CENT), CLOTHING (BY $790 MILLION OR 35 PER CENT) AND ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES AND ELECTRICAL PARTS (BY $455 MILLION OR 69 PER CENT). NOTABLE DECREASES WERE RECORDED IN VEGETABLES AND FRUIT (BY $85 MILLION OR 25 PER CENT) AND OFFICE MACHINES AND AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT (BY $36 MILLION OR 20 PER CENT).
INCREASES WERE REGISTERED IN RE-EXPORTS TO TAIWAN OF ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES AND ELECTRICAL PARTS (BY $723 MILLION OR 72 PER CENT) AND TEXTILES (BY $134 MILLION OR 74 PER CENT), BUT A DECREASE WAS RECORDED IN MACHINERY SPECIALISED FOR PARTICULAR INDUSTRIES (BY $31 MILLION OR 36 PER CENT).
AN OVERALL INCREASE OF $1 457 MILLION OR 46 PER CENT IN RE-EXPORTS TO JAPAN WAS REGISTERED. COMMODITIES WITH SIGNIFICANT INCREASES WERE TEXTILE FIBRES (OTHER THAN WOOL TOPS) AND THEIR WASTES (NOT MANUFACTURED INTO YARN) OR FABRIC (BY $259 MILLION OR 416 PER CENT) AND TEXTILES (BY $236 MILLION OR 62 PER CENT). A DECREASE OF $18 MILLION OR 62 PER CENT WAS RECORDED IN POWER GENERATING MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT.
INCREASES WERE REGISTERED IN RE-EXPORTS TO SINGAPORE OF ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES AND ELECTRICAL PARTS (BY $94 MILLION OR 13 PER CENT) AND COFFEE, TEA, COCOA,
A SPICES AND MANUFACTURES (BY $41 MILLION OR 24 PER CENT). DECREASE OF $118 MILLION OR 53 PER CENT WAS RECORDED IN NON- METALLIC MINERAL MANUFACTURES.
RE-EXPORTS BY COUNTRY OF ORIGIN
CHINA REMAINED THE LARGEST SOURCE OF HONG KONG'S RE-EXPORTS IN 1984. ANALYSED BY COMMODITY, INCREASES WERE NOTED FOR CLOTHING (BY $1 597 MILLION OR 39 PER CENT), BABY CARRIAGES, TOYS, GAMES AND SPORTING GOODS (BY $1 095 MILLION OR 336 PER CENT), TEXTILE YARN (BY $770 MILLION OR 149 PER CENT), TRAVEL GOODS, HANDBAGS AND SIMILAR CONTAINERS (BY $612 MILLION OR 91 PER CENT) WOVEN COTTON FABRICS (BY $515 MILLION OR 82 PER CENT) AND COTTON (BY $414 MILLION OR 390 PER CENT).
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