THURSDAY, MAY 15, 1986
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INCREASES IN RE-EXPORTS TO THE U.S. WERE RECORDED IN CLOTHING (BY $565 MILLION OR 67 PER CENT); MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURED ARTICLES, INCLUDING MAINLY BABY CARRIAGES, TOYS, GAMES AND SPORTING GOODS (BY $117 MILLION OR 20 PER CENT) AS WELL AS TRAVEL GOODS, HANDBAGS AND SIMILAR CONTAINERS (BY $59 MILLION OR 27 PER CENT).
HOWEVER, DECREASES WERE REGISTERED FOR ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES, AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF (BY $127 MILLION OR 36 PER CENT) AS WELL AS NON-METALLIC MINERAL MANUFACTURES (BY $47 MILLION OR 19 PER CENT).
DECREASES IN RE-EXPORTS TO JAPAN WERE RECORDED IN TEXTILE FIBRES (OTHER THAN WOOL TOPS) AND THEIR WASTES (BY $173 MILLION OR 82 PER CENT); NON-FERROUS METALS (BY $33 MILLION OR 43 PER CENT) AS WELL AS ARTIFICIAL RESINS AND PLASTIC MATERIALS, AND CELLULOSE ESTERS AND ETHERS (BY $27 MILLION OR 93 PER CENT).
HOWEVER, INCREASES WERE REGISTERED FOR MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURED ARTICLES, INCLUDING MAINLY JEWELLERY, GOLDSMITHS' AND SILVERSMITHS' WARÉS, AND OTHER ARTICLES OF PRECIOUS OR SEMI-PRECIOUS MATERIALS (BY $26 MILLION OR 53 PER CENT) AS WELL AS TRANSPORT EQUIPMENT OTHER THAN AIR CUSHION VEHICLES (BY $25 MILLION OR 1 292 PER CENT).
INCREASES IN RE-EXPORTS TO TAIWAN WERE RECORDED IN ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES, AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF (BY $86 MILLION OR 28 PER CENT) AS WELL AS CRUDE ANIMAL AND VEGETABLE MATERIALS (BY $36 MILLION OR 29 PER CENT). RE-EXPORTS TO SINGAPORE OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT INCREASED (BY $72 MILLION OR 127 PER CENT) AS DID MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURED ARTICLES, INCLUDING MAINLY MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS, PARTS AND ACCESSORIES THEREOF (BY $64 MILLION OR 214 PER CENT).
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HOWEVER, DECREASES WERE REGISTERED FOR RE-EXPORTS TO TAIWAN OF FISH, CRUSTACEANS AND MOLLUSCS, AND PREPARATIONS THEREOF (BY $20 MILLION OR 34 PER CENT), AND FOR RE-EXPORTS TO SINGAPORE OF PHOTOGRAPHIC APPARATUS, EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES AND OPTICAL GOODS, WATCHES AND CLOCKS (BY $7 MILLION OR 4 PER CENT).
TABLE 6 ILLUSTRATES THE CHANGES IN RE-EXPORTS BY MAJOR COMMODITY DIVISION.
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ENQUIRIES ON REGULAR SUBSCRIPTIONS TO THESE REPORTS AND ON TRADE STATISTICS MAY BE DIRECTED TO THE INFORMATION SERVICES DEPARTMENT AT BASKERVILLE HOUSE, HONG KONG (TEL.: 5-214375) AND THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT (TEL.: 5-444436).
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