VEDNESDAY, AUGUST 14, 1905
MOST COMMODITIES RE-EXPORTED THROUGH HONG KONG EXHIBITED ST¿.. GROWTH, THE MORE SIGNIFICANT ONES BEING TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $2 784 MILLION OR 193 PER CENT), TEXTILE YARN, FABRICS, MADE-UP ARTICLES AND RELATED PRODUCTS (BY $1 655 MILLION OR 29 PER CENT), OFFICE MACHINES AND AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT (BY $1 518 MILLION OR 158 PER CENT), ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES, AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF (BY $1 326 MILLION OR 35 PER CENT). DECREASES WERE REGISTERED IN RE-EXPORTS OF VEGETABLES AND FRUIT (BY $138 MILLION OR 21 PER CENT), FERTILIZERS MANUFACTUREJ (BY $83 MILLION OR 95 PER CENT) AND FEEDING STUFF FOR ANIMALS (NOT INCLUDING UNMILLED CEREALS) (BY $72 MILLION OR 63 PER CENT).
THE JUNE 1985 ISSUE OF THE +HONG KONG TRADE STATISTICS SUMMARY+ WILL BE AVAILABLE LATER THIS MONTH AT THE GOVERNMENT
A MORE COMPREHENSIVE PUBLICATIONS CENTRE AT $5 PER COPY.
REPORT, +HONG KONG EXTERNAL TRADE+, WITH A DETAILED ANALYSIS OF IMPORTS, EXPORTS AND RE-EXPORTS IN JUNE 1985 WILL BE AVAILABLE IN EARLY SEPTEMBER 1985 AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE AT $13 PER COPY.
ENQUIRIES CONCERNING SUBSCRIPTIONS TO THESE REPORTS MAY BE DIRECTED TO THE INFORMATION SERVICES DEPARTMENT AT BASKERVILLE HOUSE, HONG KONG (TEL. NO. : 5-214375). ENQUIRIES CONCERNING TRADE STATISTICS MAY BE DIRECTED TO THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT (TEL. NO. : 5-444436).
FOLLOWING ARE SIX TABLES ILLUSTRATING THE FOREGOING:
TABLE 1 1 DOMESTIC EXPORTS BY TEN MAJOR MARKETS
MAJOR
JAN-JUN
1985
JAN-JUN
1984
MARKET
($ MN)
($ MN)
INCREASE DECREASE( ($ MN)
31
U.S.A.
26 125
27 927
- 1 802
CHINA
7 918
4 533
+ 3 385
PERCENTAGE CHANGE
(%)
6
+ 75
U.K.
3 898
4 633
735
-
16
F.R. OF GERMANY
3 572
4 468
896
-
20
JAPAN
2 053
2 308
255
11
CANADA
1 914
2 039
124
AUSTRALIA
1 585
1 731
145
/SINGAPORE