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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 15, 1987
ON THE OTHER HAND, DECREASES WERE RECORDED IN PETROLEUM, PETROLEUM PRODUCTS AND RELATED MATERIALS (BY $1 985 MILLION OK 23 PER CENT); AS WELL AS IN ROAD VEHICLES, INCLUDING AIR CUSHION VEHICLES (BY $1 284 MILLION OR 24 PER CENT).
ON THE SAME BASIS OF COMPARISON, INCREASES IN THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS WERE RECORDED IN ARTICLES OF APPAREL AND CLOTHING ACCESSORIES (BY $7 250 MILLION OR 16 PER CENT) AS WELL AS IN MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURED ARTICLES, INCLUDING MAINLY BABY CARRIAGES, TOYS, GAMES AND SPORTING GOODS (BY $4 889 MILLION OR 24 PER CENT).
HOWEVER, DECREASES WERE REGISTERED FOR DOMESTIC EXPORTS OF METALL IFEROUS ORES AND METAL SCRAP (BY $325 MILLION OR 30 PER CENT)= AS WELL AS LEATHER, LEATHER MANUFACTURES AND DRESSED FURSK INS (BY $20 MILLION OR 8 PER CENT).
RE-EXPORT TRADE GREW BY 16 PER CENT IN VALUE TERMS IN 1986 AS COMPARED WITH THE 26 PER CENT GROWTH RATE RECORDED IN 1985. RE-EXPORTS TO THE U.S. AND TO THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA INCREASED SIGNIFICANTLY BY $7 657 MILLION OR 52 PER CENT, AND BY $1 971 MILLION OR 51 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY. DECREASES WERE RECORDED IN RE-EXPORTS TO CHINA (BY $5 130 MILLION OR 11 PER CENT) AND TO THE U.S.S.R. (ÞY $57 MILLION OR 22 PER CENT).
THE COMMODITIES WITH SUBSTANTIAL GROWTH IN VALUE TERMS WERE ARTICLES OF APPAREL AND CLOTHING ACCESSORIES (BY $5 714 MILL ION OR 75 PER CENT); AS WELL AS TEXTILE YARN, FABRICS, MADE-UP ARTICLES AND RELATED PRODUCTS (BY $4 095 MILLION OR 26 PER CENT).
HOWEVER, DECREASES WERE REGISTERED FOR ROAD VEHICLES, INCLUDING AIR CUSHION VEHICLES (BY $2 384 MILLION OR 66 PER CENT)- AS WELL AS OFFICE MACHINES AND AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT (BY $782 MILLION OR 21 PER CENT).
IN 1986, THE VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS OF CHINA ORIGIN INCREASED BY $16 969 MILLION OR 49 PER CENT, WITH THE LARGEST INCREASE RECORDED IN ARTICLES OF APPAREL AND CLOTHING ACCESSORIES (BY $5 574 MILLION OR 78 PER CENT).
THE U.S. WAS THE LARGEST MARKET, ACCOUNTING FOR 36 PER CENT OF ALL RE-EXPORTS OF CHINA ORIGIN THROUGH HONG KONG: THE MAJOR GROWTH TO THIS MARKET WAS IN ARTICLES OF APPAREL AND CLOTHING ACCESSORIES (BY $3 814 MILLION OR 100 PER CENT).
THE VALUE OF AIRBORNE TRADE IN 1986, REPRESENTING 22 PER CENT OF TOTAL MERCHANDISE TRADE, INCREASED BY $25 699 MILLION OR 26 PER CENT AS COMPARED WITH 1985. IN TERMS OF TONNAGE, AIRBORNE TRADE CONSTITUTED 1 PER CENT OF TOTAL TRADE.
INCREASES IN AIRBORNE TRADE WERE REGISTERED FOR IMPORTS FROM JAPAN (BY $2 059 MILLION OR 19 PER CENT), DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO THE U.S. (BY $2 893 MILLION OR 15 PER CENT) AND RE-EXPORTS TO THE U.S. (BY $1 691 MILLION OR 44 PER CENT).
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