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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 10, 1987
IMPORTS IN JANUARY TO APRIL 1987 FROM ALL MAJOR SUPPLIERS INCREASED IN VALUE TERMS WHEN COMPARED WITH THE SAME PERIOD IN 1986. SIGNIFICANT INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN IMPORTS FROM THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA (+80 PER CENT), ITALY (+54 PER CENT), TAIWAN (+52 PER CENT), CHINA ( +51 PER CENT) AND THE U.S.A. (+30 PER CENT).
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THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF BY 100 PER
ON THE SAME BASIS OF COMPARISON, RE-EXPORTS REPUBLIC OF GERMANY, THE UNITED KINGDOM, THE U.S.A., THE KOREA AND TAIWAN INCREASED SIGNIFICANTLY IN VALUE TERMS CENT, 81 PER CENT, 79 PER CENT, 64 PER CENT AND 55 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY.
ALL TRADE STATISTICS PRESENTED HERE ARE MEASURED AT CURRENT PRICES AND NO ACCOUNT HAS BEEN TAKEN OF THE CHANGES IN PRICES BETWEEN THE PERIODS OF COMPARISON. A SEPARATE ANALYSIS OF THE PRICE AND VOLUME MOVEMENTS OF EXTERNAL TRADE IN APRIL 1987 WILL BE RELEASED IN EARLY JULY 1987.
THE CHANGES IN DOMESTIC
MARKETS ARE SHOWN IN TABLE 1.
EXPORTS TO HONG KONG'S TEN MAJOR
COMPARING THE FIRST FOUR MONTHS OF 1987 WITH THE SAME PERIOD IN 1986, INCREASES IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS IN VALUE TERMS WERE RECORDED IN ALL MAJOR COMMODITY DIVISIONS, THE MORE NOTABLE ONES BEING CLOTHING (BY $2,934 MILLION OR 21 PER CENT); MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURED ARTICLES, INCLUDING MAINLY BABY CARRIAGES, TOYS, GAMES AND SPORTING GOODS (BY $2,066 MILLION OR 33 PER CENT); TEXTILES (BY $1,914 MILLION OR 69 PER CENT); AS WELL AS TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $1,690 MILLION OR 64 PER CENT),
ON THE OTHER HAND, DECREASES WERE RECORDED IN TRANSPORT EQUIPMENT OTHER THAN ROAD VEHICLES (BY $33 MILLION OR 48 PER CENT); AS WELL AS VEGETABLES AND FRUIT (BY $24 MILLION OR 32 PER CENT).
TABLE 2 ILLUSTRATES THE CHANGES IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS BY MAJOR COMMODITY DIVISION.
THE CHANGES IN IMPORTS FROM HONG KONG'S TEN MAJOR SUPPLIERS ARE SUMMARISED IN TABLE 3.
COMPARING THE FIRST FOUR MONTHS OF 1987 WITH THE SAME PERIOD IN 1986, INCREASES IN IMPORTS IN VALUE TERMS WERE REGISTERED FOR TEXTILES (BY $5,008 MILLION OR 42 PER CENT); ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF (BY $3,736 MILLION OR 61 PER CENT); CLOTHING (BY $2,774 MILLION OR 55 PER CENT): AS WELL AS TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $2,499 MILLION OR 72 PER CENT).
/HOWEVER, DECREASES