12
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 10, 1987
WERE RECORDED IN
PETROLEUM,
PER
PETROLEUM AS CENT);
(BY $71
DECREASES HOWEVER, PRODUCTS AND RELATED MATERIALS (BY $480 MILLION OR 17 WELL AS COFFEE, TEA, COCOA, SPICES, AND MANUFACTURES THEREOF MILLION OR 17 PER CENT).
TABLE 4 ILLUSTRATES THE CHANGES IN IMPORTS BY MAJOR COMMODITY
DIVISION.
THE CHANGES
SHOWN IN TABLE 5.
IN RE-EXPORTS TO HONG KONG'S 10 MAJOR MARKETS ARE
(BY
THE COMPARING THR FIRST FOUR MONTHS OF 1987 WITH
SAME PERIOD WERE REGISTERED FOR IN 1986, INCREASES IN RE-EXPORTS IN VALUE TERMS CLOTHING (BY $2,878 MILLION OR 89 PER CENT); TEXTILES (BY $2,686 MILLION OR 49 PER CENT); MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURED ARTICLES,
GOODS SPORTING INCLUDING MAINLY BABY CARRIAGES, TOYS, GAMES AND $1,919 MILLION OR 85 PER
WELL AS ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF (BY $1,572
OR 59 MILLION
PER CENT). HOWEVER,
WERE DECREASES TRANSPORT EQUIPMENT OTHER THAN ROAD VEHICLES (BY $335
COCOA, PER CENT); AS WELL AS COFFEE, TEA, THEREOF (BY $130 MILLION OR 39 PER CENT).
6 TABLE
CENT); AS
SPICES,
AND
RECORDED IN MILLION OR
77 MANUFACTURES
ILLUSTRATES THE CHANGES IN RE-EXPORTS BY MAJOR
COMMODITY DIVISION.
DETAILED STATISTICS ON TRADE VALUE BY COMMODITY AND BY COUNTRY ARE AVAILABLE IN TRADE STATISTICS REPORTS.
20,
THE
THE APRIL 1987 ISSUE OF THE "HONG KONG TRADE STATISTICS
AROUND JUNE SUMMARY" WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR SALE
AT 1987, GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE AT $5.50 PER COPY.
A MORE COMPREHENSIVE REPORT, "HONG KONG EXTERNAL A DETAILED ANALYSIS OF IMPORTS, EXPORTS AND RE-EXPORTS IN WILL BE AVAILABLE IN EARLY JULY 1987 AT $15 PER COPY.
TRADE"
·
WITH APRIL 1987
ENQUIRIES REGARDING REGULAR SUBSCRIPTIONS TO THESE REPORTS
AT BE DIRECTED TO THE INFORMATION SERVICES DEPARTMENT
BASKERVILLE HOUSE, HONG KONG ON 5-214375 AND ENQUIRIES ON TRADE STATISTICS TO CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT ON 5-8234915.
MAY
THE
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