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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1985
HOWEVER, DECREASES WERE REGISTERED FOR VEGETABLES AND FRUIT (BY $65 MILLION OR 31 PER CENT) AS WELL AS ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES, AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF (BY $89 MILLION OR 11 PER CENT).
INCREASES IN RE-EXPORTS TO JAPAN WERE RECORDED IN NON-FERROUS METALS (BY $321 MILLION OR 474 PER CENT); TEXTILE FIBRES (OTHER THAN WOOL TOPS) AND THE IR WASTES (BY $145 MILLION OR 71 PER CENT) AS WELL AS FISH, CRUSTACEANS AND MOLLUSCS, AND PREPARATIONS THEREOF (BY $79 MILLION OR 25 PER CENT). HOWEVER, DECREASES WERE REGISTERED FOR NON-METALLIC MINERAL MANUFACTURES (BY $79 MILLION OR 19 PER CENT) AND TEXTILES (BY 67 MILLION OR 14 PER CENT).
DECREASES IN RE-EXPORTS TO TAIWAN WERE RECORDED IN ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES, AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF (BY $401 MILLION OR 32 PER CENT) AS WELL AS CRUDE ANIMAL AND VEGETABLE MATERIALS (BY $92 MILLION OR 21 PER CENT). RE-EXPORT: TO SINGAPORE OF ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES, AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF FELL (BỶ $251 MILLION OR 39 PER CENT), AS DID PHOTOGRAPHIC APPARATUS, EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES, OPTICAL GOODS, WATCHES AND CLOCKS (BY $48 MILLION OR 8 PER CENT).
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HOWEVER, INCREASES WERE REGISTERED IN RE-EXPORTS TO TAIWAN OF NON-FERROUS METALS (BY $142 MILLION OR 100 PER CENT) AND IN RE-EXPORTS TO SINGAPORE OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $102 MILLION OR 49 PER CENT).
TABLE 6 ILLUSTRATES THE CHANGES IN RE-EXPORT BY MAJOR COMMODITY DIVISION.
THE SEPTEMBER 1985 ISSUE OF THE +HONG KONG TRADE STATISTICS SUMMARY+ WILL BE AVAILABLE NEXT WEEK 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 SEPTEMBER 1985 WILL BE AVAILABLE IN EARLY DECEMBER 1985 AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE AT $13 PER COPY.
ENQUIRIES ABOUT SUBSCRIPTIONS TO THESE REPORTS AND ON TRADE STATISTICS MAY BE DIRECTED TO THE INFORMATION SERVICES
DEPARTMENT AT BASKERVILLE HOUSE (TEL. 5-214375) AND THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT (TEL. 5-444436).
TABLE 1: DOMESTIC EXPORTS BY TEN MAJOR MARKETS
JAN.-SEPT
1985
MAJOR MARKET
($ MN)
JAN.-SEPT
1984 ($ MN)
INCREASE(+)/ PERCE..TACE DECREASE(-)
CHANGE
(# MN)
U.S.A.
42 209
CHINA
11 522
46 158
7 490
-3 949
+4 032
+54
/V.K.
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