FRIDAY, AUGUST 22, 190o
NOTABLE DECREASES WERE, HOWEVER, RECORDED IN ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF (BY $55 MILLION OR 10 PER CENT) AS WELL AS PHOTOGRAPHIC APPARATUS, EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES AND OPTICAL GOODS, WATCHES AND CLOCKS (BY $48 MILLION OR 20 PER CENT).
FOR RE-EXPORTS TO JAPAN, WHILE INCREASES WERE NOTED IN NON-METALLIC MINERAL MANUFACTURES (BY $91 MILLION OR 41 PER CENT) AS WELL AS PHOTOGRAPHIC APPARATUS, EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES AND OPTICAL GOODS, WATCHES AND CLOCKS (BY $77 MILLION OR 67 PER CENT), A DECREASE WAS RÉCORDED IN TEXTILE FIBRES (OTHER THAN WOOL TOPS) AND THEIR WASTES (BY $250 MILLION OR 81 PER CENT).
RE-EXPORTS TO TAIWAN SHOWED AN INCREASE OF $522 MILLION OR 23 PER CENT. SIGNIFICANT INCREASES WERE REGISTERED FOR ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF (BY $290 MILLION OR 49 PER CENT) AS WELL AS DYEING, TANNING AND COLOURING MATERIALS (BY $46 MILLION OR 44 PER CENT).
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ON THE OTHER HAND, A DECREASE WAS RECORDED IN FISH, CRUSTACEANS AND MOLLUSCS AND PREPARATIONS THEREOF (BY $80 MILLION OR 43 PER CENT).
SIGNIFICANT INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN RE-EXPORTS TO THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA OF TEXTILES (BY $386 MILLION OR 110 PER CENT) AS WELL AS ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF (BY $224 MILLION OR 88 PER CENT), WHILE A DECREASE WAS REGISTERED FOR COFFEE, TEA, COCOA, SPICES AND MANUFACTURES THEREOF (BY $40 MILLION OR 73 PER CENT).
RE-EXPORTS BY COUNTRY OF ORIGIN
CHINA CONTINUED TO BE THE LARGEST SOURCE OF HONG KONG'S RE-EXPORTS IN THE FIRST HALF OF 1986. RE-EXPORTS ARE ANALYSED BY THE TEN MAJOR COUNTRIES OF ORIGIN IN TABLE 2. ANALYSED BY COMMODITY, INCREASES WERE NOTED IN CLOTHING (BY $1 968 MILLION OR 62 PER CENT); TEXTILES (BY $1 226 MILLION OR 41 PER CENT) AS WELL AS MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURED ARTICLES, INCLUDING MAINLY BABY CARRIAGES, TOYS, GAMES AND SPORTING GOODS (BY $881 MILLION OR 46 PER CENT).
HOWEVER, DECREASES WERE RECORDED IN TEXTILE FIBRES (OTHER THAN WOOL TOPS) AND THEIR WASTES (BY $275 MILLION OR 27 PER CENT) AS WELL AS NON-FERROUS METALS (BY $230 MILLION OR 76 PER CENT).
JAPAN WAS THE SECOND LARGEST SOURCE OF HONG KONG'S RE-EXPORTS. DECREASES WERE REGISTERED FOR ROAD VEHICLES, INCLUDING AIR CUSHION VEHICLES (BY $1 700 MILLION OR 80 PER CENT); TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $1 236 MILLION OR 49 PER CENT) AS WELL AS OFFICE MACHINES AND AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT (BY $979 MILLION OR 75 PER CENT).
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