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FRIDAY, APRIL 24, 1987
HOWEVER, INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN TEXTILES (BY $1 634 MILLION OR 17 PER CENT) AND PETROLEUM, PETROLEUM PRODUCTS AND RELATED MATERIALS (BY $504 MILLION OR 228 PER CENT),
RE-EXPORTS TO THE U.S.A., THE SECOND LARGEST MARKET FOR HONG KONG'S RE-EXPORTS, RECORDED AN INCREASE OF $7 657 MILLION OR 52 PER CENT. COMMODITIES WITH SIGNIFICANT INCREASES WERE CLOTHING (BY $3 834 MILLION OR 98 PER CENT), MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURED ARTICLES, INCLUDING MAINLY BABY CARRIAGES, TOYS, GAMES AND SPORTING GOODS (BY $1 780 MILLION OR 52 PER CENT) AS WELL AS TRAVEL GOODS, HANDBAGS AND SIMILAR CONTAINERS (BY $394 MILLION OR 32 PER CENT).
HOWEVER, NOTABLE DECREASES WERE RECORDED IN MEDICINAL AND PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS (BY $61 MILLION OR 66 PER CENT) AS WELL AS CRUDE ANIMAL AND VEGETABLE MATERIALS (BY $50 MILLION OR 30 PER CENT).
RE-EXPORTS TO JAPAN INCREASED BY $1 190 MILLION OR 22 PER CENT. ANALYSED BY COMMODITY INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN FISH, CRUSTACEANS AND MOLLUSCS AND PREPARATIONS THEREOF (BY $392 MILLION OR 68 PER CENT) AS WELL AS MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURED ARTICLES, INCLUDING MAINLY BABY CARRIAGES TOYS, GAMES AND SPORTING GOODS (BY $244 MILLION OR 98 PER CENT). A DECREASE WAS RECORDED IN NON- FERROUS METALS (BY $327 MILLION OR 75 PER CENT).
RE-EXPORTS TO TAIWAN SHOWED AN INCREASE OF $1 614 MILLION OR 37 PER CENT. SIGNIFICANT INCREASES WERE REGISTERED FOR ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF
BY $906 MILLION OR 78 PER CENT) AS WELL AS TEXTILES (BY $122 MILLION OR 46 PER CENT). BUT A DECREASE WAS RECORDED IN NON- FERROUS METALS (BY $107 MILLION OR 28 PER CENT).
RE-EXPORTS TO THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA GREW BY $1 971 MILLION OR 51 PER CENT. SIGNIFICANT INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN TEXTILES (BY $614 MILLION OR 61 PER CENT) AS WELL AS ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF (BY $489 MILLION OR 94 PER CENT) BUT A DECREASE WAS REGISTERED FOR COFFEE, TEA, COCOA, SPICES, AND MANUFACTURES THEREOF (BY $32 MILLION OR 54 PER CENT).
RE-EXPORTS BY COUNTRY OF ORIGIN
AS SOURCES OF HONG KONG'S RE-EXPORTS, CHINA, JAPAN
JAPAN, THE U.S.A., TAIWAN AND THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA CONTRIBUTED 42 PER CENT, 15 PER CENT, 8 PER CENT, 7 PER CENT AND 3 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY IN VALUE TERMS IN 1986.
CHINA CONTINUED TO BE THE LARGEST SOURCE OF HONG KONG'S RE-EXPORTS IN 1986, WITH A GROWTH OF 49 PER CENT IN VALUE TERMS IN SUCH TRADE COMPARED WITH 1985.
/ANALYSED