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BY COMMODITY CATEGORIES, SUBSTANTIAL GROWTH IN VALUE WAS REGISTERED IN IMPORTS OF TEXTILES (BY $8 757 MILLION OR 36 PER CENT); AND ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS, APPLIANCES AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF (BY $6 318 MILLION OR 39 PER CENT)= WHEREAS THE COMMODITIES WITH THE HIGHEST GROWTH IN VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS WERE CLOTHING (BY $12 349 MILLION OR 36 PER CENT) AND MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURED ARTICLES (MAINLY BABY CARRIAGES, TOYS, GAMES AND SPORTING GOODS) (BY $5 196 MILLION OR 31 PER CENT).
THE VALUE OF RE-EXPORT TRADE ROSE BY 48 PER CENT IN 1984.
CHINA REMAINED THE LARGEST SUPPLIER OF GOODS FOR SUBSEQUENT RE-EXPORT. RE-EXPORTS OF CHINA ORIGIN INCREASED BY $8 427 MILLION OR 43 PER CENT WITH THE LARGEST INCREASE REGISTERED IN CLOTHING (BY $1 597 MILLION OR 39 PER CENT).
THE U.S. WAS THE LARGEST MARKET FOR RE-EXPORTS OF CHINA ORIGIN, ACCOUNTING FOR 31 PER CENT OF ALL RE-EXPORTS OF CHINA ORIGIN THROUGH HONG KONG. THE COMMODITY WITH SUBSTANTIAL GROWTH WAS MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURED ARTICLES (MAINLY BASKETWORK AND WICKERWORK AND BAMBOO ARTICLES) (BY $1 331 MILLION OR 148 PER CENT).
RE-EXPORTS OF JAPAN ORIGIN ALSO GREW (BY $7 066 MILLION OR 61 PER CENT), PARTICULARLY FOR TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $1 302 MILLION OR 90 PER CENT). ABOUT HALF OF THE RE-EXPORTS OF JAPAN ORIGIN WENT TO CHINA WITH THE HIGHEST GROWTH REGISTERED IN TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $1 475 MILLION OR 341 PER CENT).
IN 1984, RE-EXPORTS TO CHINA ROSE DRASTICALLY BY $15 882 MILLION OR 130 PER CENT, BUT RE-EXPORTS TO NIGERIA FELL BY $332 MILLION OR 60 PER CENT.
THE VALUE OF AIRBORNE TRADE IN 1984, REPRESENTING 23 PER CENT OF TOTAL MERCHANDISE TRADE, INCREASED BY $22 268 MILLION OR 27 PER CENT OVER 1983. IN TERMS OF TONNAGE, AIRBORNE TRADE CONSTITUTED LESS THAN ONE PER CENT OF TOTAL TRADE.
AIRBORNE TRADE WITH THE U.S. INCREASED VERY RAPIDLY IN 1984; VALUES OF IMPORTS, EXPORTS AND RE-EXPORTS ROSE BY $2 741 MILLION (OR 34 PER CENT), $4 803 MILLION (OR 32 PER CENT) AND $1 270 MILLION (OR 54 PER CENT) RESPECTIVELY.
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